2-million-year-old fossils may help fill key gap in human evolution
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 09:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists say the skeletons of a woman and boy could be one of the most important finds of recent times. A discovery by a 9-year-old led to finding the pair, dubbed Australopithecus sediba. The middle-aged woman and the young boy, perhaps her son or simply another member of her tribe, were out hunting on the African plains or maybe hunting for water in...