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Bookmark or Share- Australopithecus sediba - Becoming HumanOne of the more recent additions to the hominin family tree is Australopithecus sediba, named following discoveries made in South Africa at Malapa Cave. “Sediba” is a Lesotho word meaning “fountain” or “wellspring.”
- Understanding Our Early Human Ancestors: Australopithecus sedibaA new hominin species, Australopithecus sediba (Au. sediba), was named by Berger and his colleagues, following the discovery of two partial skeletons just under two million years old, a juvenile male individual— Malapa Hominin 1 (MH1)— and an adult female, Malapa Hominin 2 (MH2).
- Australopithecus sediba - WikipediaAustralopithecus 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 partial adult female skeleton, the paratype MH2.
- Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from ...tiallyarticulated Australopithecus skeletons from the Malapa site in South Africa, which allow us to investigate several competing hypotheses re-garding the ancestry of Homo. These skeletons cannot be accommodated within any existing fossil taxon; thus, we establish a new species, Australopithecus sediba,onthebasisofacom-
- Australopithecus sediba - The Australian MuseumThis species lived about 3.6 million years ago and is the first from the genus Australopithecus to be discovered outside of southern and eastern Africa. Discover more Evolution Statement
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