These feet were made for walking
Open Access
- 14 December 2016
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd in eLife
- Vol. 5
Abstract
New fossil footprints excavated at the famous Laetoli site in Tanzania suggest that our bipedal ancestors had a wide range of body sizes.Keywords
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