Australopithecus sediba: New Hominid Species Discovered
April 8, 2010
A team led by Professor Lee Berger, a renowned palaeoanthropologist from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (aka Wits University) have described and named a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, almost two million years old, which was discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, 40 kilometres out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit: University of Witwatersrand
Topics:
Environment, South Africa, Gauteng Province, Provinces of South Africa, JOHANNESBURG, Lee R. Berger, University of the Witwatersrand, Cradle of Humankind, Pliocene, Anthropology, Prehistoric Africa, Geography of South Africa, Cenozoic