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Published online 10 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021007-8
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Skull draws daggers
Rivals argue over whether the fossilized skull is more ape than human.
Toumaï, this summer's celebrity skull, has drawn a bitter accusation - that the human-like creature was actually a female gorilla.
When the 6-7-million-year-old fossil was unveiled earlier this year, its face glowered from cover pages worldwide.
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