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Is this for real?

Antenna asked Peter Brown, who examined LB1's remains, why he was convinced she belonged to a whole new species. Could there be another explanation?

'It is not a child as the adult teeth have erupted and are heavily worn. It is not a stunted or otherwise abnormal adult and it is not a monkey or ape because the skull and skeleton indicate that it walked on two legs.' Peter Brown, bone expert



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Peter Brown photographs LB1
Peter Brown photographs LB1's skull in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Image: Mike Morwood

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