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Digital reconstruction reveals a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor

Digital reconstruction reveals a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor
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Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology. Renowned paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke identified four tiny bones in the University of the Witwatersrands museum collection an...

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