Little Foot, one of the world's most complete hominin fossils, may represent a previously unknown species of human ancestor, according to new research. The fossil, publicly unveiled in 2017, is the most complete Australopithecus skeleton ever found.
The foot bones that lend the fossil its name were first discovered in South Africa in 1994, leading to a painstaking 20-year excavation in the Sterkfontein cave system. Professor Ronald Clarke, a paleoanthropologist at the University of the Witwatersrand, led the team that excavated the skeleton and attributed it to the species Australopithecus prometheus.
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