Many anthropologists have argued that A. africanus couldn't be our direct ancestor largely because of timing: The earliest known members of the genus Homo — though their classification remains controversial and their fossils fragmentary — turn up in East Africa soon after A. africanus appears in South Africa. (discovermagazine.com)
The Evidence for a Recent Dating for Adam, 14,000 to 15,000 years ago Homo sapiens: Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern human beings belong and the only member of the genus Homo that is not extinct. (myintimcity.com)
It can be distinguished from other members of its genus by call, skin texture, and the presence of a rostral papilla. (sciencedaily.com)