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1、RESEARCHARTICLESEtymology.Thewordsedibameans“foun-tain”or“wellspring”intheseSotholanguage.Holotypeandparatype.MalapaHomininAustralopithecussediba:ANew1(MH1)isajuvenileindividualrepresentedbyapartialcranium,fragmentedmandible,andpar-SpeciesofHomo-LikeAustralopithti
2、alpostcranialskeletonthatwedesignateasthespeciesholotype[Figs.1and2,supportingfromSouthAfricaonlinematerial(SOM)textS1,figs.S1andS2,andtableS1].Thefirsthomininspecimenre-coveredfromMalapawastherightclavicleofLeeR.Berger,1,2*DarrylJ.deRuiter,3,1StevenE.Churchill,4,
3、1PeterSchmid,5,1MH1(UW88-1),discoveredbyMatthewBergerKristianJ.Carlson,1,6PaulH.G.M.Dirks,2,7JobM.Kibii1on15August2008.MH2isanadultindividualrepresentedbyisolatedmaxillaryteeth,apartialDespitearichAfricanPlio-Pleistocenehomininfossilrecord,theancestryofHomoanditsr
4、elationmandible,andpartialpostcranialskeletonthatwetoearlieraustralopithecinesremainunresolved.Herewereportontwopartialskeletonswithandesignateasthespeciesparatype.AlthoughMH1ageof1.95to1.78millionyears.ThefossilswereencasedincavedepositsattheMalapasiteinisajuveni
5、le,thesecondmolarsarealreadySouthAfrica.Theskeletonswerefoundclosetogetherandaredirectlyassociatedwithcraniodentaleruptedandinocclusion.Usingeitherahumanremains.TogethertheyrepresentanewspeciesofAustralopithecusthatisprobablydescendedoranapemodel,thisindicatesthat
6、MH1hadfromAustralopithecusafricanus.Combinedcraniodentalandpostcranialevidencedemonstratesprobablyattainedatleast95%ofadultbrainsizethatthisnewspeciessharesmorederivedfeatureswithearlyHomothananyotheraustralopith(15).Althoughadditionalgrowthwouldhavespeciesandthus
7、mighthelprevealtheancestorofthatgenus.occurredintheskullandskeletonofthisindividual,wejudgethatitwouldnothaveappreciablyalteredthemorphologyonwhichheoriginofthegenusHomoiswidelybinationofprimitiveandderivedcharactersofthethisdiagnosisisbased.debated,withseveralcan
8、didateancestorscraniumandpostcranium.Locality.ThetwoAu.sedibatypeskeletonsTbeingproposedinthegenusAustralopith-ThefollowingisadescriptionofAu.sediba:wer
