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South Africa: New Light On Human Ancestor's Diet
SA Info, 28 June 2012
A South African-led research team working on Australopithecus sediba, the 2-million-year-old human ancestor recently discovered in South Africa, have published new findings on what… Read more »
New Light on Human Ancestor's Diet
A team working on the 2-million-year-old human ancestor is causing a stir in scientific circles after publishing new findings on what our early ancestors ate.
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South Africa: Skeletons Present an Exquisite Paleo-Puzzle
Science, 9 September 2011
Starting on page 1402 of this week's issue of Science, researchers present two remarkably complete and well-preserved partial skeletons of a 2-million-year-old species called… Read more »
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South Africa: Paleoanthropologist Now Rides High On a New Fossil Tide
Science, 9 September 2011
This week, Science publishes five papers by Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand and his colleagues, featuring details and analysis of the 2-million-year-old remains… Read more »
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South Africa: Is This 1.9-Million-Year-Old Hand That of An Early Human?
CoJ, 9 September 2011
THE delicate skeleton of the hand of the Australopithecus sediba - the most complete hand skeleton of an early hominin ever discovered - lay in professor Lee Berger's own… Read more »
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South Africa: Minister Pandor Congratulates Witwatersrand University for New Fossil Findings
Govt of SA, 8 September 2011
The Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor has congratulated the University of the Witwatersrand on the announcement of new specimens and new anatomical findings… Read more »
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South Africa: Our Human-Ancestors Learning in 2011
Biz-Community, 22 December 2011
Fossils of the extinct hominid Australopithecus sediba were accidentally discovered by the 9-year-old son of a scientist in the remains of a cave in South Africa in 2008. The… Read more »
