A new preprint on the Little Foot skull was posted today.  Interestingly, the article is written by Ron Clarke and Kathleen Kuman alone.  I’m used to seeing a long list of authors on most modern papers, so this one is a bit of a throwback.  The article fills in a few more details on the … More The Skull: Early lessons from Little Foot

The first papers describing the infamous Little Foot fossil have started appearing as preprints on bioRxiv. Pieces of Little Foot were originally discovered in 1994—just four bones of the left foot. A further search through the Silberberg Grotto in the Sterkfontein Cave eventually revealed parts of the rest of the skeleton in 1998.  Further excavation … More It’s a girl! Early lessons from Little Foot