South African fossil 'Little Foot' gets new origin date

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 16:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Brooks HaysWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 1 (UPI) -- New dating techniques place the Australopithecus specimen "Little Foot" at 3.67 million years old, a contemporary of world-famous Lucy.

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