‘Little Foot’ skeleton analysis reignites debate over the hominid’s species
Researchers disagree over resurrecting a defunct species name
![Ron Clarke](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/121118_bb_littlefoot_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FOSSIL PUZZLE Paleoanthropologist Ron Clarke excavates the skull of a hominid skeleton known as Little Foot. Controversial new investigations of the adult female conclude that she lived in southern Africa nearly 3.7 million years ago and belonged to a species that many researchers don’t regard as valid.
University of the Witwatersrand