A fossil foot found in Ethiopia suggests that human ancestors that walked on two feet and also ably climbed trees existed until 3.4 million years ago, adding evidence for locomotor diversity during early human evolution. See Article p.565
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Lieberman, D. Those feet in ancient times. Nature 483, 550–551 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/483550a
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