Thanks for posting this, RAZD. Fascinating.
You inspired me to bone up a bit on hominid fossils. Here's a good first stop for us non-specialists:
Smithsonian Institute: Hall of Human Ancestors
The text is well written and the 3D graphics enable examination of specimens in the round. (You need QuickTime.) The site is still in progress, though. Some species still lack profile pages.
Here are their discussions of the early human species now in the news.
Homo habilus
Homo erectus
The posted material gives some idea what a jolt it is that these creatures were contemporaries.
How do you see this discovery shuffling the usual suspects? Did
Homo rudolfensis just became the prime suspect in the
Homo ergaster paternity suit, or is
habilus in it as much as ever?
Homo rudolfensis
Homo ergaster
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All species are transitional.