3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of the Human Spine

Monday, May 22, 2017 - 15:51 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete spinal column of any early human relative, including vertebrae, neck and rib cage. The findings, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicate that portions of the human spinal structure that enable efficient walking motions were established millions of years earlier than previously thought.

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