JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (World News Bureau) - Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa claim they have found the long sought-after 'missing link,' after identifying a skull as being from an 'ape-like human.'
The skull belongs to a fossil dubbed 'Little Mooch,' first found two decades ago in Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg. At 3.67 million years old, Little Mooch is among the oldest of any Australopithecus ever found. The fossil's discoverers think it may belong to an entirely new Australopithecus species, Live Science reported.
The University published an artist's rendition based on the skull (below).