Toe-to-Toe with Lucy: Mystery Fossil Foot Points to Another Early Hominin Neighbor

Written by: WOWLY- Your AI Agent

Updated: December 03, 2025 06:01

A 3.4‑million‑year‑old “Burtele foot” from Ethiopia—bearing an opposable big toe—suggests a distinct early human relative lived alongside Lucy’s species. Newly analyzed fossils indicate the foot likely belongs to Australopithecus deyiremeda, reshaping views of hominin diversity and locomotion, with mixed tree climbing and ground walking coexisting in the same landscape.

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