It’s not as awkward as figuring out the seating at Thanksgiving, but finding the right spot for one of the newest additions to our family tree continues to puzzle researchers. First found in 2008 and named in 2010, features of the two million year old hominid Australopithecus sediba continue to defy categorization.
Ancient Ancestor Was Mosaic of Human and Ape Features
Composite reconstruction of Au. sediba. For comparison, a small-bodied female modern H. sapiens is shown on the left, and a male Pan troglodytes on the right. (Image courtesy of Lee R. Berger/University of the Witwatersrand)
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