151 – Dr Robyn Pickering – Australopithecus Sedeba Update
In today’s episode, I talk to Dr Robyn Pickering from the University of Melbourne, with an update on the status of research regarding the discovery of Australopithecus Sedeba. Topics discussed include:
- the age of the Australopithecus Sedeba has been confirmed
- how the more accurate dates were determined
- how does this relate to homo?
- did Sedeba and Homo live side by side?
- is there a ‘discovery bias’ in terms of what has been discovered so far?
- were the caves that these bones found in habitable?
- do we know much about the behaviour of these creatures?
- what is the next step for research in this area?
- what are the different forms of Australopithecus?
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