April 16, 2013

Australopithecus sediba, aka Malapa Hominin 1 (MH1) left, Lucy (AL 288-1) (Centre), and Malapa Hominin 2 (MH2) right

A team of scientists has reconstructed a skeleton of Australopithecus sediba, a hominid that lived about two million years ago, putting together the bones of some partial skeletons found in 2008 in Malapa, about 45 km (about 30 miles) from the capital city of South Africa, Johannesburg.