Bones raise questions on origins of man - The Washington Times: World Briefings - October 05, 2004

"MEXICO CITY - For decades, Federico Solorzano has gathered old bones from the shores of Mexico's largest lake — bones he found and bones he was brought, bones of beasts and bones of men.

The longtime teacher of anthropology and paleontology had been sifting through his collection one day when he noticed some that didn't seem to fit: a mineral-darkened piece of brow ridge bone and a bit of jaw that didn't match any modern skulls.

But Mr. Solorzano found a perfect fit when he placed the brow against a model of the Old World's Tautavel Man, a member of the species Homo erectus, which many think was an ancestor of modern Homo sapiens. "