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    John Hawks

    John Hawks

    I’m a paleoanthropologist, studying fossil hominins and genetics.

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    Malapa pictures

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    National Geographic, as you might expect, has some nice pictures of the MH1 skull in a news story: “Pictures: New human ancestor fossils found”. There’s one of the site and nice shots of Sts 5 and KNM-ER 1470, too.

    Tags: Australopithecus sediba, Australopithecus, fossils, Malapa, South Africa

    Updated: April 11, 2010

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