Homo gautengensis

scientst claim to have discovered a new branch of the human family tree - a species that was light, short, and found of chewy plonts.An international team, lead by the university of new south Wales in Australia has identified and named the species Homo gautengensis. which is said to be the earliest recogniged species of homo. the identiication is based on a partial skull -known only by its museum catalogue no stw53 - along with two other partial skulls, sevaral jaws, teeth and other bones found at varias times at sterkfontein and other nearby caves