Google Earth Helps Scientists Discover New Species of Early Man

MASHABLE.COM - It sounds like a scene straight out of Jurassic Park: Today a nine-year-old’s trip-and-fall accident in South Africa has helped scientists discover a new hominid species that lived two million years ago. What’s even more intriguing is how Google Earth technology contributed to the significant fossil find.The New York Times reports that the child in question, Matthew Berger, “dashed after…

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