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³FOSSIL JAWBONE FOUND IN NAMIBIAN MOUNTAINS                  ³
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³JOHANNESBURG (JUNE 20) - A fossil jawbone of a hominoid ape,³
³believed to be between 12 million and 15 million years old, ³
³has been found in Namibia's Otavi mountains, American       ³
³anthropologist Glenn Conroy said here Thursday.             ³
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³In a statement, Mr. Conroy said the jawbone was found by    ³
³French paleontologist Dr. Martin Pickford on June 4 within  ³
³minutes of the start of a search of the northern mountains  ³
³by an international team of scientists.                     ³
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³The jawbone, which had three molars intact, is older than   ³
³anything so far found in southern Africa.                   ³
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³It is from the period before the branching off of Africa's  ³
³two apes, chimpanzee and gorilla, and the man-apes of South ³
³Africa which are believed to have evolved into modern man.  ³
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³Mr. Conroy, of the Washington University of Missouri and    ³
³head of the expedition, said the jawbone was that of a fully³
³developed animal.                                           ³
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³The fossil showed no sign of having been gnawed by hyenas or³
³porcupines and the most logical explanation was that the    ³
³animal died of natural causes and then fell into a sinkhole ³
³where animals could not reach it, he said.                  ³
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³The jaw was apparently exposed for a time before being      ³
³totally buried by sand and rocks. No other parts of the     ³
³skeleton were found.                                        ³
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