Ancient human ancestor 'Little Foot' makes public debut

CNN ^ | Updated 8:47 AM ET, Wed December 6, 2017 | By David McKenzie

[Red Badger]

The Little Foot fossilized skeleton could date back 3.67 million years.

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Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, an expanse of farmland and rolling hills outside Johannesburg, has already unlocked some of the great mysteries of evolution. The unveiling of a near-complete fossil hominid skeleton dating back 3.67 million years will only solidify the importance of the region. "Little Foot" is the oldest fossil hominid skeleton ever found in Southern Africa, the lead scientist examining the discovery said on Wednesday. The fossil skeleton takes its name from the small foot bones discovered by scientist Ron Clarke in 1994 when he was sorting through bones in boxes from the Sterkfontein cave system. Even then, Clarke surmised that the fossilized bones came from an Australopithecus species -- the smallish, ape-like human ancestors that roamed this part of Africa millions of years ago. In 1997 he found more bones in a cupboard at the medical school of the University of the Witwatersrand. The rest of Little Foot was found embedded in the calcified ancient cave in 1997 and the excavation, cleaning, reconstruction, casting and analysis took 20 years. Much of the work was done deep inside the cave system, working away at concrete-like rock called breccia, using air scribes to avoid breaking the fragile and priceless fossil remains.

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!.........................

[Fhios]

Little Feet has been around since the 1969.

[Fhios]

From the picture it looks like a petrified Orc?

[freedumb2003]

From the picture it looks like a petrified Orc?

Or this guy:

[peeps36]

I thought it was Freddy Kruger from Nightmare On Elm Street.

[Red Badger]

[Dr. Thorne]

Otherwise known as a monkey.

[D_Idaho]

“Fat Man in the Bathtub” Oh yeah!

[bgill]

I don't know what that grotesque thing is but it's not Little Foot. This is Little Foot.

[reed13k]

Looks like a gorilla to me.

[Red Badger]

RACIST!......................................./s

[heterosupremacist]

Evolution? Archeologists and Paleontologists regard the “TRUTH” of evolution as grounded in science, (when in fact it is merely fantastical, wild, speculations) which ultimately skews their methodology, and their erroneous conclusions.

I am Not buyin’ what they be sellin’...

[Red Badger]

We have consensus........................

[heterosupremacist]

Big Foot be white, y'all ~

[gnarledmaw]

He may have had little feet but it doesnt look like his girlfriend would have noticed.

[sparklite2]

Why yes, as in ‘common ancestry.’ Very good.

[JimRed]

That is so obviously a costume...you can see the wrinkles in the fabric under the hair. But look at the Patterson film of Sasquatch; no wrinkles, seams, etc. and musculature rippling under the skin.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 12/06/2017. Thanks Red Badger. Playing some catchup here.

[bmwcyle]

Does not look human to me either. Evolution sucks.