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Study Suggests Hominin Could Walk and Swing Through Trees JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA— Gizmodoreports that a new study of a human ancestor's shoulder blade and collarbone suggests that Australopithecus prometheus was able to swing through trees some 3.7 million years ago. Discovered in South Africa in the 1990s, the fossilized remains of an individual known as "Little Foot" were carefully excavated from concrete-like rock over a period of 15 years. Previous studies of Little Foot’s anatomy indicate the early hominin was able to walk upright and move its head in ways that are useful...

OXFORD, ENGLAND— BBC News reports that the skull of “Little Foot” traveled from South Africa to Britain, where it was examined at Diamond Light Source with synchrotron X-ray imaging technology. Ron Clarke of the University of the Witwatersrand explained that the nearly complete remains of this possible early human ancestor were discovered in the 1990s in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves, dated to 3.67 million years ago, and identified as Australopithecus prometheus. Little Foot’s anatomy suggests Australopithecus prometheus had a chimpanzee-size brain, a gorilla-like face, strong...

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA—According to a statement released by Chaffey College, a team of researchers from Chaffey College, New York University, and the University of California, Riverside, suggests that the curvature of the forearm observed in the 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton known as “Little Foot” may not have been the result of a childhood fall from a tree, as had been previously suggested. The scientists examined the forearms of humans who had suffered similar injuries, and analyzed the shapes of the forearm bones of apes, hominins...