New human-like species found in S. Africa[one more ancestor for DARWIN ?]

he new species has been named Australopithecus sediba.
Although some scientists believe the Australopithecines are directly descended from Homo, some others argue the species can be categorized as a Homo itself. 
A. sediba has a mixture of archaic and modern features. 

Researchers now think the split between apes and the hominid lineage occurred around seven million years ago in Africa. . Hominids started shaping stone tools about 2.6 million years ago. Hominids identified as Homo appeared more than 2 million years ago