South African researchers recently revealed the discovery of two fossils - a child and a female - of a new species that was named Australopithecus sediba. The fossils are almost two million years old and were found in a cave at Malapa Natural Reserve, near Johannesburg. It is believed that A. sediba is a direct ancestor of men. The photo at right shows the skull of the child. Read more in the National geoghraphic article "Key" Human Ancestor Found: Fossils Link Apes, First Humans?.