From an email list I subscribe to, News_of_the_Strange_and_Curious:

In July 2005, a small Primate skull was discovered in the desert of Tafilalet near Erfoud ( Marocco ). It was in the sand of a marble quarry where Devonian fossils were already found. Subsequently, the skull could be around 360 million years old. Characteristic features in the only 6.9 cm high and 3,9 cm broad fossil indicate the genus Homo : a globular forehead and hind skull, and an inferior position of the occipital hole under the cranium, which is typical for upright body posture. The fossil was called Homo alaouite, in homage to the Alaouite Dynasty. To be continued... (in french) at the CERBI official site : perso.wanadoo.fr or the CERBI miror site : cerbi.ldi5.com

I believe that a mass influx of cosmic ray radiation has created many, many more human species that those that have been found in fossil form. Fossils are a rare and unusual thing. And most of the new species did not last very long...

Rob.