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    Old news: In world first, 1.9million-year-old skeletons ‘may still have skin on them’ Two skeletons dating back nearly two million years appear to have a coating of skin on their bones in a world-first that would offer scientists a unique insight into the lifestyles - and DNA - of our ancestors. They are two of the most complete skeletons of early human relatives ever found and were donated to the Natural History Museum in London today by the University of the Witwatersrand and the Government of the Republic of South Africa. The 1.9-million-year-old fossils from Malapa Cave in South Africa have the scientific name Australopithecus sediba and have been studied by Professor Lee Berger of the Institute for Human Evolution at Wits University.

    Old news: In world first, 1.9million-year-old skeletons ‘may still have skin on them’

    Two skeletons dating back nearly two million years appear to have a coating of skin on their bones in a world-first that would offer scientists a unique insight into the lifestyles - and DNA - of our ancestors.

    They are two of the most complete skeletons of early human relatives ever found and were donated to the Natural History Museum in London today by the University of the Witwatersrand and the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

    The 1.9-million-year-old fossils from Malapa Cave in South Africa have the scientific name Australopithecus sediba and have been studied by Professor Lee Berger of the Institute for Human Evolution at Wits University.