article_snippet: The partially complete lower jaw, which was uncovered in the Afar region of Ethiopia, is thought to belong to a species that may have been the first member of the Homo family.
article_snippet: The fossilised lower jawbone, shown above with teeth still in the bone, was found in Ledi-Geraru in Ethiopia .
article_snippet: The discovery, which was found in the Ledi-Geraru area of Afar, has put a new date on the emergence of the first 'man' from our more ape-like ancestors.
article_snippet: Anthropologists digging tin the Ledi-Geraru, pictured above, discovered the new jawbone in January 2013 .
article_snippet: the new jawbone was found in the Ledi-Geraru area, marked with a star on the map above, of Ethiopia .
article_snippet: the new jawbone was first discovered by student Chalachew Seyoum from the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Ethiopia in January 2013.
highlights_snippet: Jawbone - known as LD 350-1 - was discovered in Afar region of Ethiopia .
  