The Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull, nicknamed Toumaï, was discovered in Chad's Djurab Desert in 2001 and is considered one of the oldest known hominin fossils, dated to roughly seven million years old.
Record no. MRB-2026-006733
Toumaï (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) skull discovery
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