Sediba hominid skull hints at later brain evolution
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An analysis of a skull from the most complete early hominid fossils ever found suggests the large, complex human brain may have evolved more rapidly and at a later time than some other human characteristics. If Australopithecus sediba is a human ancestor, as some suggest, then its fossils could help resolve long-standing debates about human brain evolution, say researchers.