What tales could A. sediba tell? (Image: NHM/SPL)
Editorial: “Heading south for the new origin of our species“
THE pair lay at the bottom of a deep hole for 2 million years, buried in oxygen-starved mud that fossilised their bones. The conditions were so unusual that an additional treasure may have been preserved: the oldest known human skin.
Since the two Australopithecus sediba skeletons were unearthed at the Malapa cave site in South Africa in 2008, researchers studying them have dropped tantalising hints that they could have remnants of skin. The latest signs suggest an announcement is imminent. Meanwhile,…
