One of the most complete human ancestors ever found is not who we thought he was
In 1998, researchers discovered one of the most complete human ancestral fossils known in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves. Nearly two decades later, Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who led the excavation and analysis, identified the remains as a Australopithecus prometheuswhile others argued that it was a African Australopithecus. New research suggests it’s neither. In investigation Published…