'Lucy' lived among close cousins: Discovery of foot fossil confirms two human ancestor species co-existed
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have found a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot fossil in the Afar region of Ethiopia, showing that "Lucy," Australopithecus afarensis, and a much different-looking early hominin lived in the area at the same time.