Washington — Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited SA 3.67-million years ago during a critical juncture in our evolutionary history.
Scientists said on Tuesday they examined parts of the nearly complete and well preserved fossil at Britain’s national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source. The scanning focused upon Little Foot’s cranial vault — the upper part of her braincase — and her lower jaw, or mandible...
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