A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed “Little Foot” may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously thought to be a member of a genus called Australopithecus – but a fresh probe ...

One of the world’s most complete early human fossils, known as Little Foot, may represent a previously unidentified species of human ancestor, according to a new Australian-led study that challenges ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia’s La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged the classification of one of the world's most complete human ancestral ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found could be an entirely new species, according to a new study. The fossil, found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves in 1998 and dubbed “the ...

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our evolutionary past. Publicly unveiled in ...

Implications for human evolutionary history Little Foot, known formally as StW 573, remains the most complete ancient hominin in the fossil record. Dr. Martin's team is the first to have challenged ...

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Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, ...

Scientists think the famous Little Foot skeleton from South Africa could actually belong to a previously unknown species of ancient human relative. The fossil, found in 1994 and finally revealed in ...