Claire. Posted April 25, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 25, 2017 A famous 'ancestor' may be ousted from the human family A remarkably complete skeleton introduced in 2010 as “the best candidate” for the immediate ancestor of our genus Homo may just be a pretender. Instead of belonging to the human lineage, the new species of Australopithecus sediba is more closely related to other hominins from South Africa that are on a side branch of the human family tree, according to a new analysis of the fossil presented here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Read more: ScienceMag.org 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted April 25, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 25, 2017 So basically, not grandpa, but a cousin?... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 25, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 25, 2017 The Funny bone was out of place, not to mention a little funny ... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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