Australopithecus sediba
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Australopithecus sediba is an extinct species of australopithecine recovered from Malapa Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. It is known from a partial juvenile skeleton, the holotype MH1, and a
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Matthew Berger displaying the fossil he found
Lee Rogers Berger holding the MH1 skull
Location of the Cradle of Humankind
Australopithecus
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Australopithecus is an extinct genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo, Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopith
Australopithecus sediba
…common with Homo ergaster/H. erectus, particularly in the pelvis and legs, the describers postulated that A. sediba was a transitional fossil between Australopithecus and Homo. Dental traits are also suggestive of some close relationship between A. sediba and the ancestor of Homo. However, the specimens were found…
Mrs Ples Face
Taung Child's skull
Reconstruction of a largely hairless male A. sediba by Adrie and Alfons Kennis at the Neanderthal Museum, Germany
The spot where the first Australopithecus boisei was discovered in Tanzania.