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South Africa/Anthropology
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Issue Date: Aug 31, 1995
-- (Credit: AP /PTI)Phillip Tobias, head of the anthropology
department at
Witwatersrand University, with his
discovery: primate
bones dating from
3.5 million years ago,
marking a crucial
transition stage in
foot structure
between apes
and humans.
Prehensile feet
enabled the pre-human
Australopithecus
to climb trees
efficiently as well as
walk on its 2 feet.
Tobias believes
these bones indicate
the presence of,
biped hominids in
southern Africa
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