New research led by scientists from the University of Cambridge and Latrobe University challenges the classification of the Little Foot fossil as Australopithecus prometheus. The Little Foot fossil ...

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our evolutionary past. Publicly unveiled in ...

Little Foot, known formally as StW 573, remains the most complete ancient hominin in the fossil record. Dr. Martin's team is the first to have challenged the species attribution of Little Foot since ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found could be an entirely new species, according to a new study. The fossil, found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves in 1998 and dubbed “the ...