New humanoid species found

Prof. Paul Dirks of the University of the Witwatersrand speaks during the unveiling of the remains of an hominid, may be one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries in recent times, on April 8, 2010 during a press conference in Maropeng. Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, scientists said today. Baptized Australopithecus sediba, the partially fossilized specimens -- an adult female and a juvenile male -- were found in 2008 in a cavern 40 kilometers (24 miles) from Johannesburg.

Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, scientists said today

The remains of an hominid, may be one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries in recent times, are unveiled on April 8, 2010 during a press conference in Maropeng.

Photographers shoot pictures after the unveiling by South Africa Deputy PresidentKgalema Motlanthe and Prof. Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand of the remains of an hominid, may be one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries in recent times, on April 8, 2010 during a press conference in Maropeng. Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, scientists said today. Baptized Australopithecus sediba, the partially fossilized specimens -- an adult female and a juvenile male -- were found in 2008 in a cavern 40 kilometers (24 miles) fromJohannesburg.

Professor Paul Dirksr, of the University of the Witwatersrand, in front of projected images, at the reveal of nearly 2 million-year-old skeletons unearthed in South Africa, at Maropeng, near Johannesburg, Thursday, April 8, 2010. The fossils are part of a previously unknown species that scientists say fits the transition from ancient apes to modern humans.