Evolution theory challenged by human fossils found in Kenya
On display at Lausanne Natural History Museum in Rumin palace Homo habilis (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Researchers leading a study into fossilized human remains in Kenya claim to have found that there were at least three distinct species of humans living in Africa two million years ago, providing a twist to the theory of evolution . The findings were published in the journal Nature and detail the exact measurements of the face, jawbones and teeth of the human species that researchers say roamed Africa around 1.78 to 1.95 million years ago. "Our past was a diverse past," said Dr. Meave Leakey of the Turkana Basin Institute in Nairobi, who led the research, "our species was evolving in the same way that other species of animals evolved. There was nothing unique about us until we began to make sophisticated stone tools." Previously held theories of evolution suggested that humans evolved directly from a common primate ancestor, which stands in opposition to tr...