We all have ancestors. Some of us are fortunate to have known our great grandparents and their parents. Learning about our family tree and all our descendants is an essential part of our family tree, and we as humans seem to be wired to be curious and learn more about where we come from. In this essay we will discuss whether the Australopithecus sediba the most important human ancestor ever discovered. In 2013 Kate Wong wrote an editorial that asked this very question, and we will discuss a variety of discoveries that have been made about our ancestry. Ar. ramidus (Ardi) Au. afarensis (Lucy and Selam) Au. sediba (the Malapa hominins) Homo habilis. We will also discuss when and where each of these creatures lived, what sort of fossil evidence we have for each, what they look liked, if they were bipedal, if they were arboreal, what they ate, and why each discovery was important to the study of human evolution. Lastly, we will discuss which discovery I believe is the most important to the study of human origins and what question future research should focus on to solve unresolved questions.
Australopithecus sediba 3…show more content… Which lived in Africa roughly 2.4 million to 1.5 million years ago. The discovery of this species was a turning point in science because the oldest previously known human fossils were Asian specimens of Homo erectus. The first remains that were found consisted of several teeth, a lower jaw, fragments of cranium, and some hand bones. Later as more fossils were unearthed, scientists realized that these hominins were anatomically different from Australopithecus, and even determined that their brain capacity was larger. The stone tools that were left behind by these individuals provided scientists with important clues about the behavior of these early
