http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/04/09/human.fossil.discovery.evidence.new.homo.species
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Human Fossil Discovery
In April of 2010, a team of international and Australian scientists discovered two partial skeletons. They were found in a cave deposit near Johannesburg, South Africa. These fossils were said to have "filled the gap of what happened two million years ago in the beginnings of our species". Also, it could tell us where the genus Homo originally came from. They call this species Homo Sediba; they were very well preserved when they were found. As similar to others we've talked about in class, we can date these back which can lead us to deciding where they fit in to our family tree.
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This article was very intresting. It was a huge discovery finding this new species. These skeletons helped our us for a few reasons. One being it tells us where the geneus Homo came from. They dated these skeltons to about 2 million years old. Another reason it is very important because of how well they are preserved so we can learn a ton from them.
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