Little Foot
- Date
- 1994-1995 · confidence medium
- Place
- Sterkfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
- Credited to
- Ronald J. Clarke
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Nearly complete Australopithecus skeleton found in the Sterkfontein caves (South Africa), one of the most complete and ancient hominid fossils known.
What it led to
- Detailed reconstruction of early bipedal locomotion
- Revision of the Australopithecus timeline
- New techniques for extracting fossils embedded in rock
- Boost to paleoanthropological research at Sterkfontein