AFRICAN APE-MAN'S HAND UNEARTHED
"Scientists have uncovered a complete hand and arm of the ape-man Australopithecus - the first discovery of its kind.
The fossil bones are likely to yield dramatic new details about the anatomy and behaviour of this distant cousin to modern humans.
It should also tell us something about how our own hands and arms evolved.
The remains were found in a cave at Sterkfontein, South Africa, by Dr Ron Clarke and his assistants who have been working on the site for several years."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/566187.stm
The fossil bones are likely to yield dramatic new details about the anatomy and behaviour of this distant cousin to modern humans.
It should also tell us something about how our own hands and arms evolved.
The remains were found in a cave at Sterkfontein, South Africa, by Dr Ron Clarke and his assistants who have been working on the site for several years."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/566187.stm
Dr Richard Knight
Co-ordinator: National Information Society Learnerships - Ecological Informatics
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville 7535
Co-ordinator: National Information Society Learnerships - Ecological Informatics
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville 7535
Phone 27 + 21 + 959 3940
Fax 27 + 21 + 959 1237
Fax 27 + 21 + 959 1237
Email Rknight@uwc.ac.za
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3/12/2006 08:57:00 PM
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