Chad Dunes Yield First Member of Human Family.

Reports on the discovery of the partial skull of an ape on the sandblasted floor of Djurad Desert in Chad, Western Africa, providing a view into the evolution of hominids. Unique combination of features with apelike traits and lower face resemblance to human ancestors; Expected age of the cranium; Comparison of the mix of extinct species from the site to fauna at other reliably dated sites in Africa.