The day dawns unsuspectingly on an historical fossil discovery

Prof Paul Dirks examines the ground at the Malapa site in the Cradle of Humankind

Prof Lee Berger and his dog Tau enter a cave at the site in the Cradle of Humankind

Prof Lee Berger leads the team onto the Malapa site in the Cradle of Humankind

Prof Lee Berger and Dr Job Kibii at the Malapa site

Matthew Berger with a fossil from the juvenile hominid on site

The Australopithecus sediba skull

Australopithecus sediba skeleton by Dr Peter Schmid

The evolutionary tree by Dr Peter Schmid