Event:
Scientists discover a cache of skeletons of a new species of human ancestor, named Homo naledi, in a South African cave; the hominids are thought to have possibly lived up to three million years ago
More Notable Events on September 10:
1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced
1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win U.S. Open
1990 Ellis Island reopens as a museum
