STS 52 AND THE EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS: INSIGHTS INTO HOMININ DIVERSITY, ADAPTATION, AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN HUMAN TRAITS
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History Figure A. Maxilla of Sts 52 (@L Kgasi). The hominin fossil Sts 52 (see figure 1), a partial cranium of Australopithecus africanus from Sterkfontein, South Africa, provides valuable insights into a