" Toumaï the Human Ancestor "
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(1) Hominid site (TM266) the MPFT Team looking at fossils
Michel Brunet and Likius Andossa speaking about Toumaï and chimpanzee
Ahounta (in the middle) Toumaï cranium discoverer
Michel Brunet looking at Toumaï and chimpanzee
Toumaï cranium
Patrick Vignaud looking at crocodiles
Abstract
The Toumaï discovery
Location
Discoveries : Who and when?
Fossils
The hominid: What does he look like?
The name : why a new genus and a new species?
Sedimentological and faunal context
The geological age of Toumaï
Background
The team
Toumaï phylogenetic relationships : implications
Mission Paléoanthropologique Franco-Tchadienne (M.P.F.T.)
Research: short term prospects (2002-2008)
Research: financing, support and logistic
Information and contact
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