Fossil skull of the Australopithecus sediba child from the South African Malapa caves, who lived 1.98 million years ago. This species may be the ancestor to the first humans in the genus Homo. © Brett Eloff/ University of the Witwatersrand
At almost 2 million years old, a human-like species from caves at Malapa in South Africa may be the ancestor to the first humans, and may shift the likely location of early human origins from East Africa to South Africa, scientists report in the journal Science today.
