Two remarkably well-preserved skeletons of the hominin species Australopithecus sediba, found at Malapa, South Africa, show an intriguing combination of features, and open up a debate about the origins of the genus Homo
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Spoor, F. Malapa and the genus Homo. Nature 478, 44–45 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478044a
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