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...

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