Oldest Human Hair Discovered In Fossilized Poop

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @06:54PM from the near-the-top-of-the-food-chain dept.

goran72 writes "A new study has suggested that strands discovered in fossil hyena poop found in a South African cave could be the oldest-known human hairs. According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers discovered the rock-hard hyena dung near the Sterkfontein caves, where many early human ancestor fossils have been found."

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Multiple discoveries! (Score:5, Funny)

by Chris Burke ( 6130 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @06:57PM (#26820407) Homepage

Oldest known human hair.
Oldest known person eaten by a hyena!

Re:rock hard indeed (Score:2, Funny)

by torgis ( 840592 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @07:23PM (#26820717) Journal

Fail.

Photographic evidence (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @07:33PM (#26820829)

Image here. [bbc.co.uk]

Re:rock hard indeed (Score:2, Funny)

by ptx0 ( 1471517 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @08:01PM (#26821099)

The failus?

Re:Multiple discoveries! (Score:5, Funny)

by rubycodez ( 864176 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @08:01PM (#26821117)

oldest human in turd form, besting Dick Cheney's record!

Re:Slashdot now officially publishes ... (Score:5, Funny)

by ptx0 ( 1471517 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @08:09PM (#26821187)

Shit that matters!

someone has to say it (Score:4, Funny)

by plopez ( 54068 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @08:13PM (#26821217) Journal

talk about a bad hair day...

Humans (Score:3, Funny)

by HangingChad ( 677530 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @09:36PM (#26822041) Homepage

Humans - The other white meat

Re:Slashdot now officially publishes ... (Score:2, Funny)

by ZERO1ZERO ( 948669 ) writes: on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @09:50PM (#26822147)

Or, indeed, shit with matter.

Same Old Story (Score:4, Funny)

by hyades1 ( 1149581 ) writes: <hyades1@hotmail.com> on Thursday February 12, 2009 @04:21AM (#26824507)

"Hey Ogg, I bet those guys who had the really good dope are camped in that cave in Dark Valley."
"I think you're right, Targ. Listen...you can hear them laughing their heads off."
"Let's go see if they'll let us have some."
"Good plan, Ogg."

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Multiple discoveries! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:rock hard indeed (Score:2, Funny)

Photographic evidence (Score:1, Funny)

Re:rock hard indeed (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Multiple discoveries! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Slashdot now officially publishes ... (Score:5, Funny)

someone has to say it (Score:4, Funny)

Humans (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Slashdot now officially publishes ... (Score:2, Funny)

Same Old Story (Score:4, Funny)

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