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Painstaking study of 'Little Foot' fossil sheds light on human origins

A fossil skull of Little Foot is seen in this undated handout photo, obtained by Reuters on March 1, 2021. [Diamond Light Source LTD/Handout via Reuters]

Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago during a critical juncture in our evolutionary history.

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