Missing link fossils may be a jumble of species

• Autores: Colin Barras
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2964, 2014, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The fossils of Australopithecus sediba, which promised to rewrite the story of human evolution, may actually be the remains of two species jumbled together. The first fossils A. sediba were found at Malapa, South Africa, in 2008. At 2 million years old, they show a mix of features, some similar to the ape-like australopithecus, others more like the genus Homo. To its discoverers, this hotchpotch means A. sediba was becoming human, and that the Homo genus first evolved in South Africa, not east Africa as is generally thought. But a new analysis suggests A. sediba didn't exist.