Human Ancestor May Put Twist In Origin Story
By Brent Stirton For National Geographic
I read a very interesting article on how archaeologists have found a new primate that is probably related to modern humans in 2008. Recently they have found many new evidence and discovery about this new primate, which is called the Australopithecus Sediba. They have found some fossilized skin and the remains of a child and an adult women. The a. sediba is thought to have a mix of ape like features and human like features. For example scientists think that the a. sediba could hold and make stone tools. The a. sediba could stand and walk upright its ankles were human like but it had ape like heels. The a. sediba is also thought to have longer and more agile hands, it was probably used for shaping tools. I found this article interesting because this is a big discovery of a link between our ancestors and modern day humans.
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