Australopithecus sediba is a species of
Australopithecus of the early
Pleistocene, identified based on fossil remains dated to about 2 million years ago. The species is known from six skeletons discovered in the
Malapa Fossil Site at the
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in
South Africa, one a juvenile male (MH1 also called "Karabo", the
holotype), an adult female (MH2, the
paratype), an adult male, and three infants. The fossils were found together at the bottom of the Malapa Cave, where they apparently fell to their death, and have been dated to between 1.977 and 1.980 million years ago.