From Tchadanthropus uxoris to Sahelanthropus tchadensis : Toumaï, the Discovery 

and Among the 'Fossils Orphans'

More Details in the French Version : Tchad berceau de l'humanité ?
see also : Meteorite Impacts in the Borkou and Ennedi (Chad)

1. Toumaï, the Human Adventure
2. From Tchadanthropus uxoris to Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Among the ‘Fossils Orphans’
3. Saharan Scientific Missions
4. Participants to Saharan Scientific
   
5. Missions Discovery’s Contexts
6. Australopithecus bahrelghazali, ‘Abel’
7. The Jawbone of Australopithecus bahrelghazali of KT13
8. Mandibular Symphysis of the Hominid of KT40

1. Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Toumaï, Skull and Femur
2. Toumaï Shows the Teeth
3. Toumaï shows the Orbital and Foramen magnum Planes
4. Was Toumaï (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) Buried ? and Research to Date the Skull
5. Chronicle of Toumaï's femur rediscovery
6. Toros Menalla Fossiliferous Zone
7. Fossil Sites of KT, KL, KB
8. Sahelanthropus, the head and the limbs
9. Sahelanthropus, the field work

Time july 22, 2002. Father of us all ? (with illustration)

Time july 22, 2002. Father of us all ?

Newsweek july 22, 2002. All in the FAMILY

Tchadanthropus uxoris, discovered in 1961 on the cliff of Angamma, about 10,000-100,000 years (photograph from a copy) more details : Tchad berceau de l'humanité)

Australopithecus bahrelghazali ('Abel) discovered at KT12 by Mamelbaye Tomalta, January 23, 1995 (Alain Beauvilain, photographs of January 26, 1995, after the original), dated around 3.5 million years.

On the left mandible of Kolpochoerus afarensis (suidae = 'Pig') unearthed in KT12 January 20, 1995 and, right, molar of Kolpochoerus afarensis discovered in KT1 in January 1994 (KT1 and KT12 are separated by a few hundred meters) (photographs Alain Beauvilain).

Sahelanthropus tchadensis, the head of Toumaï. On July 19th, 2001, almost vertical to the maxilla of the skull called Toumai, was a mandibular symphysis. So this is not a skull that we found but a head. This symphysis is an 'orphan fossil' (photography Alain Beauvilain).

This jaw of Anancus is the only fossil in place ('in situ') discovered July 19th, 2001 at TM 266. This fossil site, located slightly below and to one hundred meters south of Toumai, with fossils of anthracotheriidea, allowed us to immediately understand the importance of this discovery in terms of the age of the head discovered. Photography Alain Beauvilain.

Toumaï at the time of its discovery on July 19th, 2001.
Photography Alain Beauvilain

From Newsweek july 22, 2002. All in the FAMILY

Among the 'fossils orphans'

The left femur of hominid discovered July 19, 2001 among the fossil's head adjoining Toumai. (photography Aude Bergeret).

-John Hawks : 'Sahelanthropus 'the femur of Toumaï'.

Half jawbone discovered in KT13 in January 1996 by Mahamat Kasser (Photography Alain Beauvilain).

The mandible of KT40 discovered July 18, 2000 by Fanoné Gongdibé
Photography Alain Beauvilain.