1. ‘Little Foot’ lived in same era as Lucy.
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BOWER, BRUCE
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AUSTRALOPITHECINES , *GEOCHRONOMETRY , *FOSSILS , *AUSTRALOPITHECUS afarensis ,CRADLE of Humankind World Heritage Site (South Africa) - Abstract
The article discusses the discovery of a fossil skeleton, dubbed Little Foot, from the species Australopithecus prometheus in the Sterkfontein Caves of South Africa, as described in a report published in the April 2, 2015 issue of "Nature." Topics include how this species lived during the same time as Australopithecus afarensis, how scientists measured the decay of surrounding radioactive sediment to determine the fossil's age, and its distinct features such as the shape of its teeth and face.
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- 2015
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