Malapa and the genus Homo

摘要

Two remarkably well-preserved skeletons of the hominin species Australopithecus sediba, found at Malapa, South Africa, show an intriguing combination of features, and open up a debate about the origins of the genus Homo. Following on from the announcement last year by Berger et al. of the remains of a newly discovered hominin species, Australopithecus sediba, the same group has now published five reports in Science detailing additional fossils and further analyses.