{"id":3244,"date":"2015-06-08T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:54:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:54:46","slug":"found-our-3m-year-old-forebear-who-lived-alongside-lucy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2015\/06\/08\/found-our-3m-year-old-forebear-who-lived-alongside-lucy\/","title":{"rendered":"Found: our 3m-year-old forebear who lived alongside \u2018Lucy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2754\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"Laura Dempsey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2754\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/files\/2015\/06\/image-20150527-4818-1jg0etk-466x310.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists get their teeth into A. deyiremeda fossils. Credit: Laura Dempsey\" width=\"466\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists get their teeth into A. deyiremeda fossils. Credit: Laura Dempsey &#8211; via The Conversation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wrote a piece for <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/uk\">The Conversation<\/a> about\u00a0<em>Australopithecus deyiremeda &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>a brand new and previously unsuspected species. <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/found-our-3m-year-old-forebear-who-lived-alongside-lucy-42444\">You can read it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Mac<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a piece for The Conversation about\u00a0Australopithecus deyiremeda &#8211;\u00a0a brand new and previously unsuspected species. You can read it here. 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