The skeleton of the ancient toddler who spent part of her life in the trees Zeray Alemseged
A human-ape toddler who lived 3.3 million years ago had slightly ape-like feet that she could use to grasp the branches of trees.
The finding suggests that young hominins spent more time climbing than adults did. It also indicates that, long after hominins started walking upright on two legs, they retained some ability to grasp with their feet.
“They don’t have the grasping ability of chimpanzees,” says team member Jeremy DeSilva of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. “But it appears…
