Candidate Human Ancestor From South Africa Sparks Praise and Debate
By Michael Balter
Science : 154-155
On pages 195 and 205 of this week's issue of Science, researchers describe a group of fossils found since 2008 in Malapa cave north of Johannesburg and dated as early as 2 million years ago, which they say may be the best candidate yet for the immediate ancestor of our genus, Homo.
Candidate Human Ancestor From South Africa Sparks Praise and Debate
By Michael Balter
Science : 154-155
On pages 195 and 205 of this week's issue of Science, researchers describe a group of fossils found since 2008 in Malapa cave north of Johannesburg and dated as early as 2 million years ago, which they say may be the best candidate yet for the immediate ancestor of our genus, Homo.