Australopithecus Afarensis: Lucy Had Foot Arches?

Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 16:10 in Biology & Nature

Arches in human feet have been instrumental in our ability to walk upright and researchers at the University of Missouri and Arizona State University say they have found proof that arches existed in a predecessor to the human species, Australopithecus afarensis, that lived more than 3 million years ago.  read more

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