Australopithecus sediba skull

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An Australopithecus sediba skull, the U.W. 88-50 (MH1) cranium, that of a juvenile male, is shown from three angles in the photos below.

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The skull is of Pleistocene age, dating to between 1.78 and 1.95 mya. This skull was discovered in August 2008 by a nine-year-old boy, Matthew Berger, the son of South African paleoanthropologist Lee Berger.

Australopithecus sediba skull
Australopithecus sediba — The U.W. 88-50 (MH1) cranium, part of the holotype skeleton, that of
a juvenile male. Photo: Brett Eloff courtesy of Lee Berger and the Univ. of Witwatersrand.
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