A slew of ground-breaking research has found that a controversial skeleton may belong to a new species of ancient human. 'Little Foot', a hominin which lived 3.67 million years ago, was an entirely different species than anything we have ever seen before, according to scientists. Travis Pickering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, led one of the four studies and discovered that Little Foot suffered with a severe injury. It was effective for walking longer distances but would have made the animal less efficient at climbing and Little Foot would have been unable to carry things well while walking. A further study looked at the relationship between the cave where little Foot was found and the skeleton.

Source: Daily Mail December 07, 2018 14:30 UTC