Summary:
- Researchers have discovered a new species of early human, called Australopithecus deyiremeda, that may have lived alongside the oldest known human species, Australopithecus afarensis (also known as "Lucy").
- This new species, Australopithecus deyiremeda, had a mix of primitive and more advanced features, suggesting it was an evolutionary cousin of Lucy's species.
- The discovery of this new species provides further evidence of the diversity of early human species that lived in Africa millions of years ago, and how they may have interacted and coexisted in the same regions.