University of the Witwatersrand announced the discovery of several 2-million- year-old partial skeletons of a new species of hominid near Johannesburg.
The new species, named Australopithecus sediba may have been a transitional creature between Au. africanus and the early members of our genus Homo. Au. sediba had the small brain, arms of australopithecines and the short, powerful hands and smaller teeth of a modern human. It stood about 1,3m high and would have been comfortable climbing trees and walking.
The team found a male aged 11 to 13 and an adult female, lying close together in a deep cave. Remains of at least 25 animal species were also found, including sabre-toothed cats, antelope, a wild dog, a hyena, mongooses, and others not seen before. Two more skeletons have been found since last year, making this perhaps SA’s richest fossil haul yet.
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