This ancient hominin could replace Lucy as humanity’s closest evolutionary ancestor
Two million years ago in South Africa, part-human and part-ape-like individuals existed — and now we know what they looked like and how they behaved: They had a primitive, pigeon-toed gait, human-like front teeth, ate mostly veggies and spent a lot of time swinging in the trees. The species, Australopithecus sediba, is a striking example…
