FILE - The framed hominid fossil "Lucy" is seen at a exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Les Neuhaus, file) ...

In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, ...

In 2009, scientists unearthed fossilized fragments of a 3.4-million-year-old foot in what’s now Ethiopia. They were found roughly 20 miles from where the famous Lucy skeleton was discovered in 1974.

When a partial fossil foot emerged from Ethiopia’s ancient sediments, it carried a quiet but profound implication: Lucy, the famous Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, may not have walked her ...