Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say
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 Little Foot”, was widely believed to be a member of the Australopithecus genus of ape-like upright-walking human ancestors that lived between…