image: A view of what the general landscape looks like in the Cradle of Humankind, in the vicinity of the sediba fossil site. It is a broken landscape with grassy patches, treed areas, steep sided valleys and cliffs, some of which contain caves. Two million years ago, the vegetation cover would have been more wooded and the valleys would have been shallower. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 9, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. P.H.G.M. Dirks of University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, was titled, "Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Paul Dirks