In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

The ancient skeleton known as “Little Foot” has long been a celebrity in paleoanthropology, but a new wave of research is pushing it into even more provocative territory. Instead of fitting neatly ...

Another twist has been added to the puzzling mix that is early human ancestry with evidence that one of the most complete pre-human fossil skeletons we have found doesn’t belong to any recognized ...

Analysis of "Little Foot", a 3.6 million-year-old skeleton, suggests we may have a new ancient ancestor. Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered film and TV news and reviews. The ...

Following an epic 20-year-long excavation in South Africa, researchers have finally recovered and cleaned the nearly complete skeleton of an ancient human relative: an approximately ...

Some 3.7 million years ago in what is now South Africa, a human relative straddled two evolutionary moments. Reading time 3 minutes The fossilized shoulder joint of an early hominin named “Little Foot ...

Little Foot, a nearly complete hominid skeleton painstakingly excavated from rock inside a South African cave, shouldered a powerful evolutionary load. This 3.67-million-year-old adult female sports ...