53 Human Ancestor Preserved in Stone Human Ancestor Preserved in Stone Offbeat  (tags: human, skull, Turkey, tuberculosis, fossils ) Eduardo - 729 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org This partial skull of a 500,000-year-old human was found in a slab of travertine from a quarry in Turkey. Although only four skull fragments were found, the fossil also reveals the earliest case of tuberculosis. add comment send green star

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