Three years ago researchers added a new branch to the human family tree: Australopithecus sediba, a nearly two-million-year-old relative from South Africa. By all accounts it was a dazzling find ...

An ancient human relative was able to walk the ground on two legs and use their upper limbs to climb and swing like apes, according to a new study of 2 million-year-old vertebrae fossils.

A synchrotron reconstruction of the cranium of the newly discovered hominid species Australopithecus sediba. (Paul Tafforeau, Lee Berger, the ESRF, Grenoble and the University of the Witwatersrand) ...

The skeletons of Australopithecus sediba.The more complete skeleton of the adolescent male (MH1) is on the left, and the less complete adult (MH2) is on the right. From Berger et al, 2010.

The discovery of new Australopithecus sediba fossils mean we can now reconstruct most of the spine of one individual, and strengthen the case that the species was bipedal at least some of the time ...

Extensive studies of fossil skeletons of Australopithecus sediba provide fascinating details of the anatomy of this hominin species, but do not convincingly indicate its position on the ...

Life reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba com-missioned by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. Credit: Sculpture: Elisabeth Daynes/Photograph: S. Entressangle ...

BONES OF CONTENTION A reconstruction of the curious-looking hominid Australopithecus sediba shows an unusual mosaic of body characteristics that may make it a direct human ancestor. L.

Baptized Australopithecus sediba, the partially fossilized specimens -- an adult female and a juvenile male -- were found in 2008 in a cavern 40 kilometers (24 miles) from Johannesburg.

Australopithecus sediba is a mosaic of modern and primitive traits. Berger's 9-year-old son Matthew happened on the first A. sediba fossil in August 2008, while the two were exploring Malapa, a ...

The dental plaque on Australopithecus sediba teeth reveals the species ate wood or bark. Image courtesy of Amanda Henry Sometimes it’s good to have something stuck in your teeth—good for ...