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Australopithecus sediba

Exciting announcements showing up in recent days regarding a new branch of the human family tree. Tomorrow, the journal Science will publish this report on Australopithecus sediba. Discovered at the Malapa cave site in South Africa, Australopithecus sediba walked upright on long legs, but still moved through trees with apelike arms, scientists reported. Bones date to 1.95 to 1.78 mya. In addition to the Science paper, this website does a great job explaining the site location and the significance of the find.

Posted by ExplorerJosh on 04/08 at 10:50 AM

1. One step closer to tracing our lineage!  The author says that it was a young male & an adult female - possibly mother & son?  Did species around that time exhibit parenting traits?  I hope so.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/09 at 10:27 PM

2. ...There are more things in heaven and earth,
   than are dreamt of in our philosophy…

   “Shakespeare”

   Posted by Sophydiah on 04/12 at 09:24 PM

3. It never ceases to amaze me on how much they can tell about these “people” ( I’ll let ya’ll interpret your own definition). With just the few remains they found. I hope to hear more about them. I find it absolutely fascinating that all these different types of humans walked the earth so long ago, but now it’s just us. I wonder how that ended up happening???

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/13 at 03:04 AM

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