Scientists Uncover The First Human – How Did They Evolve?

The documentary “The Discovery of the Earliest Human Ancestor” explores the finding of what is believed to be the oldest human ancestor ever discovered. This discovery was made in a remote area of Kenya in the year 2000 by British, French, and Kenyan scientists.

The find consisted of 13 fossil fragments from five different individuals of a creature that was new to science. These fossils were older than any comparable find, and they were thought to represent the very roots of the human family.

The fossils were found by a group of experienced fossil hunters, including Martin Pickford, a geologist, and paleontologist who had been searching for fossils for over 30 years.

The discovery was made by a man named Kikuyu Boy, who spotted what he believed to be human teeth while walking in the Chilean hills. Pickford and his team were called in to investigate and made several important discoveries, including a femur that looked uncannily human and an upper arm bone or humerus.

The fossils were believed to be so old that they could describe the very genesis of the human race, and their discovery was seen as a major breakthrough in the field of paleontology.

The species was named Orrorin tugenensis, which means “original man from the Tugen Hills” in the Tugen language. However, because the fossils were so old, carbon dating was not possible, and the age of the fossils had to be determined by dating the strata in which they were found.

Overall, the discovery of Orrorin tugenensis was seen as a major breakthrough in the field of paleontology, and it shed new light on the origins of the human family.