115 – Dr Robyn Pickering – The Discovery of Australopithecus Sediba
What is Australopithecus Sediba? It’s a newly discovered species of hominid that was discovered recently. I talked to Dr Robyn Pickering at the University of Melbourne, who was involved in this discovery to talk about Sediba.
- Why was it called Sediba?
- What kind of dating technique was used to work out how old these fossils were?
- Why can’t carbon dating be used?
- How old were the Sediba bones?
- Where were the remains discovered?
- How is Australopithecus Sediba related to Australopithecus Africanus?
- What kinds of skeletons were discovered?
- What were the ages of the skeletons found?
- Why is the term “missing link” incorrect?
- What was the European Synchrotron used for with this discovery?
- How common are fossils?
- What upcoming research can we expect from this find?
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May 5th, 2010 at 18:55
[...] Brains Matter podcast Ep. 115 [audio http://216.119.82.99/projects/brainsmatter/BM115-RobynPickering.mp3 | artists=Brain Matters | titles=Dr Robyn Pickering - The Discovery of Australopithecus sediba] What is Australopithecus sediba? It’s a newly discovered species of hominid that was discovered recently. I talked to Dr Robyn Pickering at the University of Melbourne, who was involved in this discovery to talk about Sediba. [...]