Ancestors go South.(Australopithecus fossils found in South Africa date to 4 milion years ago)(Brief Article) Science News | April 26, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Some of the oldest fossils in the human evolutionary family--including the skull and upper-arm bone shown above--come from South Africa, according to a study in the April 25 Science.

A mix of new and already excavated Australopithecus fossils, found in two caves, date to 4 million years ago, reports a team led by Timothy C. Partridge of University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. That's as many as 1 million years ...

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