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More on the Burtele foot…

…from people more knowledgable than me. Holly Dunsworth, at The Mermaid’s Tale, has a long post that touches on a number of questions raised by the new fossils. One point I like that she highlights is the variation seen within … Continue reading

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New fossil of the day, the Burtele foot

The New York Times, Science News and a multitude of other publications all have stories out on a just released paper from Nature on a new fossil foot specimen from Ethiopia. From the Nature News writeup on the paper: The … Continue reading

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