Our ancient ancestor 'Little Foot' was a creature of the trees more than 3 MILLION years ago

A new analysis of the upper body of famed fossil'Little Foot,' a near-complete skeleton of a hominin that lived 3.67 million years ago, reveals she was a creature adapted to living in trees. Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) examined Little Foot's shoulder assembly, showing it supported arms well suited for hanging from branches and moving up and down trees – similar to that of apes. The latest analysis'provides the best evidence yet of how human ancestors used their arms more than 3 million years ago,' said Kristian J. Carlson, lead author of the study. The findings also suggests the structural similarities in the shoulder between humans and African apes are much more recent, and persisted much longer, than previously believed. A new analysis of the upper body of famed fossil'Little Foot,' a near-complete skeleton of a hominin that lived 3.67 million years ago, reveals she was a creature adapted to living in trees Little Foot was discovered in South Africa in 1994 and has allowed scientists to travel back in time to learn more about the evolution of humans.