Too bad Gary Larson has retired, because the Far Side cartoonist is just the guy to chronicle the excitement rippling through the world of paleontology following the discovery of the oldest intact skeleton of a human ancestor. The fossilized hominid skeleton, estimated to be 3.6 million years old, was found outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Scientists are calling this the most important find ever made in Africa and say it should provide the most compelling link yet between man and ape.
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Too bad Gary Larson has retired, because the Far Side cartoonist is just the guy to chronicle the excitement rippling through the world of paleontology following the discovery of the oldest intact skeleton of a human ancestor. The fossilized hominid skeleton, estimated to be 3.6 million years old, was found outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Scientists are calling this the most important find ever made in Africa and say it should provide the most compelling link yet between man and ape.
