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This 3.4 Million-Year-Old Foot Changes the Story of Human Origins
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early human ancestors inhabited the same region while relying on different diets and behaviors. Ancient Foot Fossil Reassigned to a Different Early Human Species Newly uncovered fossils [...]