A research team, involving researchers from the CNRS, the University of Poitiers1 and their Chadian partners, published in the magazine “Nature” on August 24, 2022 the study of three bones from Toumaï, including the famous “hidden” femur . The conclusion is that Toumaï was indeed a bipedal hominid.
Researcher at the CNRS and the National Museum of Natural History in the UMR 7194 “Natural History of Prehistoric Man”, Antoine Balzeau works at the Musée de l’Homme, and comments on this discovery here.
Antoine Balzeau is the author of various books, including the “A Brief History of the Origins of Mankind”Editions Tallandier.