In the latest issue of Nature scientists are presenting strong evidence that "Tomai", a fossil skull discovered in 2002 (and first covered by us here) is in fact a hominid. The Washington Post's article is here and MSNBC's is here. Since they're both working from the same press release (or attended the same news conference), the text is similar, but MSNBC has the photos WaPo doesn't see fit to run in its online edition.

At 7 million years old, this puts us right on the edge of the split between chimps and humans. If we ever find that common ancestor, I'm lobbying for the name "chumanzee".