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Australopithecus is the more ape like humans and sediba is for some kind of fountain in Africa

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Q: Why did they call the fossil Australopithecus sediba?
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When was australopithecus's sediba discovered?

Australopithecus sediba was created in 2010.


What is the Latin name for Australopithecus?

Australopithecus is a latin name.Australopithecus literally means "southern ape". "Austral" southern or South from Latin and "pithecus" from "pithēkos" meaning "ape" in greek. The name now applies to many different species besides africanus including Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus boisei, Australopithecus robustus and Australopithecus sediba.


What is the timeline for the Australopithecus?

There were five species of Australopithecus: Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus anamnesis, Australopithecus garhi and Australopithecus sediba. The Australopithecus afarensis remains in Ethiopia are better known as Lucy and this species lived between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago. The africanus lived 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago. The anamnesis lived 4.2 to 3.9 million years ago. The garhi lived about 2.5 million years ago and the sediba lived between 1.97 and 1.98 million years ago.


What year did Lee Buger find Australopithecus sediba?

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How did Australopithecus get there name?

from the song "lucy in the sky with diamonds".. this is right but the story behind the naming was incomplete. Don Johanson was closely examining the remains when he got that clue that it was a female bone. The song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds was gently playing while Johanson is sipping through a bottle of beer. ( Source : Reader's Digest, 1983)


What fossil site did Mary leaky find the australopithecus?

Dr. Mary Leaky found the australopithecus footprint in Africa


Where did the australopithecus boisei live?

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About how old was the famous fossil Lucy?

Australopithecus afarenis lived about 3.5 million years ago.


What they call Lucy's baby The Australopithecus Afarensis.?

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What were humans evolved from?

Humans and apes had a common ancestor. A mix of human and primitive traits found in the brains, hips, feet and hands of an extinct species identified last year (2013) were found. There is also new evidence that this species had the hands of a toolmaker. Fossils of the extinct hominid are known as Australopithecus sediba.


What four hominids developed before the other three in the evolution of humans?

There is 5 different types of Hominids. AUESTRALOPITHECUS AFRENSIS HOMO SAPIEN NETHANDERALES HOMO SAPIEN SAPIENS (WISE MAN) HOMO ERECTUS (UPRIGHT MAN) HOMO HABILIS (HANDY MAN) Also: Sahelanthropis tchadensis Orrorin tugensis ardipithecus anamensis Ardipithicus kadabba Australopithecus anamensis kenyanthropis platyops Australopithecus bahrelghazali Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus garhi Austalopithecus sediba Australopithecus aethiopicus Australopithecus robustis Australopithecus boisei Homo georgicus Homo ergaster Homo antecessor Homo Heidelbergensis Homo Neanderthalensis Homo floresiensis Denisova hominins but there are probably many more, as yet undiscovered


There are not fossils of transitional forms or missing links is true or false?

False, there are many transitional forms in the fossil record. Osteolepis Eusthenopteron Panderichthys Tiktaalik Elginerpeton Obruchevichthys Ventastega Acanthostega Ichthyostega Hynerpeton Tulerpeton Pederpes Eryops Pedopenna Anchiornis Archaeopteryx Confuciusornis Ardipithecus ramidus Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus garhi Australopithecus aethiopicus Australopithecus boisei Australopithecus robustus Homo habilis Homo rudolfensis To name a few.