Team reconstructs
'human ancestor'
The most complete view yet of a possible human ancestor
uncovered in South Africa has revealed an intriguing mix of human and ape
traits.The two-million-year-old remains of several partial skeletons belonging
to a previously unknown humanlike species were found in 2008 near Johannesburg.The
new analysis shows this species - Australopithecus sediba - had a
human-like pelvis, hands and teeth, and a chimpanzee-like foot.
The findings appear in Science journal.
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