Australopithecus

There is a lack of data and with the different types of Australopithecus that could have evolved into Homo sapiens. In my own opinion, I feel that Australopithecus africanus can be our closest ancestor and not an evolutionary dead end. We share many of the same human-like characteristics of being bipedal, the beginning to having a larger skull for the growing brain, smaller dentition, arched feet and hands capable of manipulation. The most important characteristics is being bipedal as it's one of the defining features of being human. This can be indicated that it was slowly evolving towards Homo sapiens in order to adapt to the environmental