Question

Direct ancestor of modern man was ------------

Answer 1

The Australopithecus sediba discovered in 2008 could be the direct ancestor of the Homo genus. That is the conclusion of a team from the University of Witwatersrand, with participation by anthropologist Peter Schmid of the University of Zurich. The researchers describe in five publications in "Science" why their finding is more likely to come into consideration than earlier discoveries, like Homo habilis.

Answer 2

cro-magnon is an absolute term for modern humans