But in hominids - including Toumai - it is placed more towards the front of the skull.

巨猿的枕骨大孔更靠近头骨后部，但包括图迈在内的人科动物的枕骨大孔更靠近头骨前部。

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Some researchers have proposed that Toumai is more closely related to chimpanzees or gorillas.

一些研究者提出，图迈在关系上更接近黑猩猩或大猩猩。

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The fossilised skull of Toumai (which means "hope of life" in the local Dazaga language of Chad) was found in the Djurab desert by a team led by Michael Brunet of the University of Poitiers, France.

由法国普瓦捷大学的迈克尔·布兰特带领的小组在德乍腊沙沙漠发现了(在乍得当地的达扎葛语言中意为“生命曙光”)的头骨化石。

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Toumai (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) was thought to be right at the foot of the human family tree.

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And a seven-million-year-old hominid from Chad, known as Sahelanthropus tchadensis and nicknamed Toumai, may also have been bipedal.

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The Toumai skull, found in Chad in 2001 and thought to be the earliest hominid, is between 6m and 7.4m years old.

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