{"id":2747,"date":"2020-06-21T15:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glionns.com\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2020-07-03T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T18:33:17","slug":"desktop-publishing-sin-adobe-hay-alternativas-a-indesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/2020\/06\/21\/desktop-publishing-sin-adobe-hay-alternativas-a-indesign\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Missing link’ in human history confirmed after long debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious fossils represents a \u201cmissing link\u201d in humanity\u2019s family tree.The fossils of Australopithecus sediba have fueled scientific debate since they were found at the Malapa Fossil Site in South Africa 10 years ago.And now researchers have established that they are closely linked to the Homo genus, representing a bridging species between early humans and their predecessors, proving that early humans were still swinging from trees 2 million years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>The \u2018Underground Astronauts\u2019 in search of new human species<\/a>The Malapa site, South Africa\u2019s \u201cCradle of Humankind,\u201d was famously discovered by accident by nine-year-old Matthew Berger as he chased after his dog.That stroke of luck eventually led to this week\u2019s finding,\u00a0detailed in the journal \u201cPaleoanthropology.\u201d<\/a>The findings help fill a gap in humankind\u2019s history, sliding in between the famous 3-million-year-old skeleton of \u201cLucy\u201d and the \u201chandy man\u201d Homo habilis, which was found to be using tools between 1.5 and 2.1 million years ago.They show that early humans of the period \u201cspent significant time climbing in trees, perhaps for foraging and protection from predators,\u201d according to the study in the journal \u201cPaleoanthropology.\u201d\u201dThis larger picture sheds light on the lifeways of A. sediba and also on a major transition in hominin evolution,\u201d said lead researcher Scott Williams of New York University.\"TheThe remains of an hominid, may be one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries in recent times, are unveiled on April 8, 2010 during a press conference in Maropeng. Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, scientists said today. Baptized Australopithecus sediba, the partially fossilized specimens \u2014 an adult female and a juvenile male \u2014 were found in 2008 in a cavern 40 kilometers (24 miles) from Johannesburg. AFP PHOTO \/ ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two partial australopith skeletons \u2014 a male and a female \u2013 were found in 2008 at a collapsed cave in Malapa, in South Africa\u2019s \u201cCradle of Humankind.\u201d\u201dAustralopithecus\u201d means \u201csouthern ape,\u201d a genus of hominins which lived some 2 million years ago.Their discovery set off years of debate in the scientific community, with some rejecting the idea that they were from a previously undiscovered species with close links to the homo genus and others floating the idea that they were from two different species altogether.But the new research has laid those suggestions to rest, and outlined \u201cnumerous features\u201d the skeletons share with fossils from the homo genus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>The secret to making a scientific discovery<\/a>Australopithecus sediba\u2019s hands and feet, for instance, show it was spending a good amount of time climbing in trees. The hands have grasping capabilities, which are more advanced than those of Homo habilis, suggesting it, too, was an early tool-user.The researchers of the paper to highlight the remarkable story of how the fossils were found, pointing out that other dramatic clues to humanity\u2019s history are still waiting to see the light of day.\u201dThe first fossil of Au. Sediba was discovered by Matthew Berger, then a nine-year-old, who happened to stop and examine the rock he tripped over while following his dog Tau away from the Malapa pit,\u201d they wrote.\u201dImagine for a moment that Matthew stumbled over the rock and continued following his dog without noticing the fossil,\u201d they added.\u201dIf those events had occurred instead, our science would not know about Au. sediba, but those fossils would still be there, still encased in calcified clastic sediments, still waiting to be discovered.\u201d\u201dThe fortuitous discovery of the Malapa fossils and other similarly fortuitous recent finds should be reminders to us all that there is still so much to discover about our evolutionary past,\u201d the authors concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious fossils represents a \u201cmissing link\u201d in humanity\u2019s family tree.The fossils of Australopithecus sediba have fueled scientific debate since they were found at the Malapa Fossil Site in South Africa 10 years ago.And now researchers have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2747"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4848,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions\/4848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glionns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}