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Research highlight: Understanding how Homo naledi walked and ran

A new paper in the Journal of Anatomy presents a reconstructed lower limb based on the Rising Star fossil sample.

Several femora of Homo naledi shown in various angles
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Research highlight: The limbs of Homo naledi

In a new paper, Sarah Traynor, David Green and I show that the sizes of the arm bones of Homo naledi are more or less like today's humans, despite their many morphological adaptations to climbing.

Homo naledi skeletal material on a black table with dark background