11 October 2011

GAME CHANGER : EVOLUTION : AUSTRALOPITHECUS BONES SHOW HUMAN HAND ON PRIMATE APE

Linking to this article by Randolph E Schmid that came out in several papers (this one from the Houston Chronical) last week about AUSTRALOPITHECUS. This article has some great pictures showing the tiny human hand.

"Kristian J. Carlson, also at Witwatersrand, said the brain of A. sediba is small, like that of a chimpanzee, but with a configuration more human, particularly with an expansion behind and above the eyes."