Foot fossil suggests a second human relative at time of Lucy
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 19:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A partial foot unearthed in Ethiopia indicates that another hominin may have been climbing trees while our famous ancient ancestor, Lucy, and her species were walking upright, scientists say.Lucy, that starlet among ancient human relatives, may have shared the stage with a hominin very different from herself, a newly discovered fossil suggests.