New hominin species unearthed in South Africa (Australopithecus sediba)

It appears that Australopithecus sediba could be classified as an australopithecine or homo -- it seems to have an interesting set of intermediary characteristics. I have only read about this from a lay person's point of view. Does anyone here agree with this scientist quoted in The Guardian? Sounds exciting!Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Added the "(Australopithecus sediba)" to the topic title.

I'm really impressed by the rate of discovery in this area. Laelaps has a good blog post on this.

It does sound exciting. But I'll wait for some peer review and additional outside analysis. Initial claims sometimes are found to be in error.I would love to see the bones! I did a lot of my grad work in human osteology and fossil man, and the artists reconstructions annoy me greatly! Who cares what they think the facial features look like -- I want to see the bones!

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Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

The papers are in this weeks edition of science, you can see the bones there.

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The 47m-year-old primate — named Ida — has been hailed as the fossil equivalent of a "Rosetta Stone" for understanding the critical early stages of primate evolution.

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A team of scientists has found the Rosetta Stone of supervolcanoes, in the form of a fossil supervolcano in the Italian Alps’ Sesia Valley.

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TETRAPOD FOOTPRINTS FROM NOVA SCOTIA: THE ROSETTA STONE FOR CARBONIFEROUS TETRAPOD ICHNOLOGY

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"Exquisite specimens of Tiktaalik roseae discovered several years ago continue to function as a rosetta stone for understanding the emergence of quadripeds on land,"

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Scientists trying to popularise their work need some serious practice with novel metaphors.