Fossil of Earliest Known Baboon Unearthed in South Africa
researcher looking for fossil of early human ancestors at theCradle of Humankind World Heritage Sitein Malapa , South Africa , have unearthed the fond skull of the earliest baboon ever found . The 2 - million - yr - old dodo may lay out the first appearance of modern baboon anatomy , harmonize to findings published inPLoS Onethis week . Just a few years ago , mining at Malapa Cave yield partial skeletal frame that belonged toAustralopithecus sediba , an other hominin ( that ’s us and our extinct antecedent ) that lived around1....