Creature bridged gap between ape and human

A creature bridging the gap between apes and humans with a “mosaic” of missing-link features has been described by scientists.

Several partial skeletons of the two million-year-old species Australopithecus sediba were discovered in South Africa in 2008.

After four years of work, an international team of scientists yesterday presented results from one of the most extensive studies of an extinct hominin, or human-like animal, ever conducted.