Other fossils discovered with A. ramidus suggest that the species lived in the forest. Exhibiting some chimp-like characteristics, A. anamensis' jaws are more primitive than those of later hominids.

Hundreds of Australopithecus fossils have been found at the Sterkfontein caves since the first was discovered in 1936, reports the Post. “But it’s hard to get a good date on them,” study coauthor ...

Other fossils discovered with A. ramidus suggest that the species lived in the forest. Exhibiting some chimp-like characteristics, A. anamensis' jaws are more primitive than those of later hominids.