The ancient skeleton is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. The virtually complete Australopithecus fossil "Little Foot" is displayed at the University of the Witwatersrand in ...
(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this ...
A fascinating fossil discovery in Kenya is changing how scientists see Paranthropus boisei, an ancient human relative that lived about 1.5 million years ago. For the first time, researchers have found ...
In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, when Stephanie Melillo found something remarkable: an ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sixteen years ago, paleoanthropologists stumbled upon an errant foot ...
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Extra bones are more common than you think, here's how often it happens
Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...
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How common is it to have extra bones in your skeleton?
Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...
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