Ancient foot fossil finally identified as an enigmatic hominin species that lived alongside Lucy in EthiopiaScientists have solved a mystery concerning an unusual 3.4 million-year-old foot fossil from Ethiopia: it indeed comes from Australopithecus deyiremeda, a close but distinct relative of Lucy and her species, Australopithecus afarensis...More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/homFollow @archaeology#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Australopithecus #humanevolution #anthropology

Ancient foot fossil finally identified as an enigmatic hominin species that lived alongside Lucy in Ethiopia

Scientists have solved a mystery concerning an unusual 3.4 million-year-old foot fossil from Ethiopia: it indeed comes from Australopithecus deyiremeda, a close but distinct relative of Lucy and her species, Australopithecus afarensis. The discovery bolsters the evidence that several hominin species shared the same landscape in East Africa and experimented with different ways of moving and feeding long before the emergence of humans...

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