A diagram of how the skeletons of Australopithecus sediba came to be preserved in the Malapa cave deposit. From Dirks et al, 2010. A little less than two million years ago, in what is now South ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. David Green of Midwestern University explains what a recent find reveals about how Australopithecus lived. David J. Green is an Assistant Professor of Anatomy in ...

Known as Australopithecus sediba ... After examining A. sediba's anatomy, for instance, scientists think they may have evidence that the species was capable of making and using tools.