Was Australopithecus sediba Polygamous? Paleontologist Answers Reader Questions about New Early Human Fossils

Paleontologist Lee Berger displays the skull and partial skeleton of a juvenile male Australopithecus sediba. Photo by Kate Wong During a recent reporting trip to South Africa for a forthcoming feature article on a new fossil human species called A ustralopithecus sediba , I asked readers to submit their questions about this dazzling find. Inquiries about the nearly two-million-year-old hominin–which has been held up as a possible ancestor of our genus, Homo –came in via Twitter, Google Plus and the comments section of this blog.

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Was Australopithecus sediba Polygamous? Paleontologist Answers Reader Questions about New Early Human Fossils