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Lucy’s feet were made for walking

Toe bone puts a humanlike arch in ancient hominid's step

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

A tiny 3.2-million-year-old fossil found in East Africa gives Lucy’s kind an unprecedented toehold on humanlike walking.

OLDEN ARCHES The bones of a human foot curve upward to form arches, including a toe bone that corresponds in crucial ways to a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis toe fossil (above foot).