TEDxZurich - Peter Schmid - Australopithecus sediba

In 2008 Peter Schmid and his team made a discovery that would have a profound impact on the way we explain the emergence of mankind. The bones and fragments of this new species they had discovered, showed both human and australopith, or pre-human, characteristics. After publishing many articles in "Science" about the discoveries, overthrowing decade-old theories with his new evidence, and creating a stir within the anthropological community, Mr. Schmid wants to tackle the following question for us: Is Australopithecus sediba the missing link?
Peter Schmid, Anthropologist
Peter Schmid, senior lecturer at the Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich
Peter Schmid got his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 1983, and has been doing research in the field of anthropology ever since. He is also the curator of the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Zurich.
Web: Museum of Anthropology
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[@jadacook55]

Fantastic TED talk.

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

Since scientists have found mummified remains of Mammoths, is it possible to find mummified remains Australopithecus or other hominids? Or at leaast rock mummies like with the Leonardo duck-billed dinosaur?

[@kamion53]

you never known what will come out of the ground in future years, but mummified mammoths, bison and cave lion cubs are found in permafrost and also relatively young.
the conditions to form these fossils were not present in Africa, unless an Australopithecus decided to climb Mt. Kilamajaro and die there under the conditions that were simular to the Inca child mummies. We then have to hurry to find them because the ice and snow on Mt.Kilamajaro is melting.

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

@@kamion53 it would be interesting to see