Walking upright: Foot bone fossils hold clues
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Ancient foot bones from a recently discovered pre-human species, which had opposable big toes like a gorilla's, could shed light on how the ancestors of humanity came to walk upright, researchers say.
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