the hand of a 1.98-million-year-old Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa. Hand bones from a single individual with a clear taxonomic affiliation are scarce in the hominin fossil ...

The versatile hand of Australopithecus sediba makes a better candidate for an early tool-making hominin than the hand of Homo habilis The extraordinary manipulative skills of the human hand are ...

Researchers have revealed new details about the brain, pelvis, hands and feet of Australopithecus sediba ... the genus Homo-- more so than previous discoveries, such as Homo habilis." ...

Australopithecus sediba’s hands and feet ... The hands have grasping capabilities, which are more advanced than those of Homo habilis, suggesting it, too, was an early tool-user.

It’s harder to establish concrete dates for when Homo habilis evolved versus Australopithecus sediba – both could have evolved anywhere between about 2.5 and 2 million years ago, and that’s ...

In a series of reports published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, the researchers describe the Australopithecus ... that A. sediba could be an ancestor to the genus Homo.

However, many other researchers are doubtful of that claim. Berger believes that Australopithecus sediba could replace Homo habilis, the famous tool-making fossil found by previously Louis and ...

The Homo genus began approximately 2.3 million years ago with Homo Habilis, the first species in this lineage, which led to ...

Researchers have revealed new details about the brain, pelvis, hands and feet of Australopithecus sediba ... the genus Homo—more so than previous discoveries, such as Homo habilis." ...