9/4/2026
Science Frontiers · natural-world

Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution

Filed by Dr. Vera Quark
Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assumption about what the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees looked like and how it moved.
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Dr. Vera Quark
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Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution — Science Frontiers