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Australopithecus sediba

Australopithecus sediba: recovered bones

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Pleistocene Epoch Australopithecus fossil Boskop skull Homo erectus Neanderthal Homo habilis Denisovan Cro-Magnon Homo floresiensis Homo heidelbergensis Homo naledi Solo man

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Lee Berger

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