Koro Toro
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Koro Toro is an anthropological and an archaeological site located in southern Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region in Chad
. It is known for the discovery of the Australopithecus bahrelghazali
fossil
hominin that was first discovered in January 1995.
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
. It is known for the discovery of the Australopithecus bahrelghazali
Australopithecus bahrelghazali
Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a fossil hominin that was first discovered in 1993 by the paleontologist Michel Brunet in the Bahr el Ghazal valley near Koro Toro, in Chad, that Brunet named Abel...
fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
hominin that was first discovered in January 1995.