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Mystery foot suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy. With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was under the understanding that there were several homonid adjacent species all living around this time.

[–] Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Until we killed all of them probably