The fossil record for the ancient hominin A. sediba is younger than that of Homo, a “highly unlikely” scenario for a direct lineage. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food ...

The results of the study also state the presence of arboreal locomotion in Australopithecus sediba—a still little-known ...

The fossilized skeletons of multiple Au. sediba individuals were discovered in a cave in Malapa, South Africa, in 2008, and were designated as a new species of hominid in 2010. “It is almost ...