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New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

In 1866, the topic became so controversial that the Société de Linguistique de Paris banned discussions about language origins altogether.