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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...