<i>Australopithecus sediba</i> Skull (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

<i>Australopithecus sediba</i> Skull

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A high-tech dental analysis of a 2-million-year-old hominid from South Africa involving CU-Boulder researchers indicates it had a unique diet that included trees, bushes and fruits.

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Paul Sandberg, University of Colorado

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