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Human origins: ‘Little Foot’ fossil’s big journey out of Africa – Yahoo News Australia
How the priceless skull of an ancient ancestor was brought to the UK from South Africa for study.
A priceless fossil was briefly brought to a UK research centre in complete secrecy two years ago, in an operation that had more than a touch of the spy novel about it.
The specimen was transported across South Africa with an armed guard, treated like an incognito VIP on an international flight, and then whisked slickly to the Diamond X-ray Light Source just south of Oxford.
It was at the British research facility that scientists were able to see some microscopic details in the ancient remains that…
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