News Fossils discovered in South Africa are the ‘missing link’ in human evolution, study finds January 21, 2019N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAYComments Off on Fossils discovered in South Africa are the ‘missing link’ in human evolution, study finds New research says fossils found in South Africa fill a key gap in humankind’s history between early humans and our more apelike predecessors.