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3.7 million year old human footprints
THE GIST
![]() An illustration of Australopithecus afarensiswalking and leaving footprints. Click to enlarge this image. The oldest known human ancestor footprints, dated to 3.7 million years ago, reveal that some of the earliest members of our family tree walked fully upright with feet similar to ours, according to new research. The findings, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, push back the date for upright walking in our ancestry by nearly 2 million years. That's because previous studies had concluded this trademark gait emerged in the genus Homo about 1.9 million years ago. The 3.7 million-year-old footprint maker, likely a species called Australopithecus afarensis (of the "Lucy" fossil fame), walked in an even less ape-ish way than some humans do today. Lead author Robin Crompton told Discovery News that "some healthy humans produce more 'ape like' footprints."
http://news.discovery.com/human/ancient-footprint-ancestor-walked-upright-1107019.html
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I'm not sure if this was intended as a serious scientific commentary, but I found it funny in any case.
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