Dr. Henry Gee

And then there was actual rain. So the ash became kind of a bit gloopy and muddy and everything walked all over it. It looked like the Victoria Station at rush hour. There was footprints of all sorts of creatures all over it. So there are antelopes and pigs and And then there's this famous line of Australopithecus afarensis footprints. But there were also some footprints of another creature.

And then there was actual rain. So the ash became kind of a bit gloopy and muddy and everything walked all over it. It looked like the Victoria Station at rush hour. There was footprints of all sorts of creatures all over it. So there are antelopes and pigs and And then there's this famous line of Australopithecus afarensis footprints. But there were also some footprints of another creature.

Mary Leakey originally thought it might have been a bear because bears can walk upright. But this was really just a blind supposition because fossils of bears are extremely rare. But it's now thought that this was a different kind of hominid. There's a foot, a fossil foot that was found in Ethiopia that looked kind of hominin, but it had a much more divergent big toe.

Mary Leakey originally thought it might have been a bear because bears can walk upright. But this was really just a blind supposition because fossils of bears are extremely rare. But it's now thought that this was a different kind of hominid. There's a foot, a fossil foot that was found in Ethiopia that looked kind of hominin, but it had a much more divergent big toe.

Mary Leakey originally thought it might have been a bear because bears can walk upright. But this was really just a blind supposition because fossils of bears are extremely rare. But it's now thought that this was a different kind of hominid. There's a foot, a fossil foot that was found in Ethiopia that looked kind of hominin, but it had a much more divergent big toe.

So in other words, its big toe was more like a thumb. And the footprints made by this mystery hominin might have been made by that kind of hominin. So three and a half million years ago, there were bipedal hominins, but some were more bipedal than others. Lucy, Australopithecus aflorensis, walked just like you or I, but probably climbed trees as well.

So in other words, its big toe was more like a thumb. And the footprints made by this mystery hominin might have been made by that kind of hominin. So three and a half million years ago, there were bipedal hominins, but some were more bipedal than others. Lucy, Australopithecus aflorensis, walked just like you or I, but probably climbed trees as well.

So in other words, its big toe was more like a thumb. And the footprints made by this mystery hominin might have been made by that kind of hominin. So three and a half million years ago, there were bipedal hominins, but some were more bipedal than others. Lucy, Australopithecus aflorensis, walked just like you or I, but probably climbed trees as well.

There's some research to show, some forensic pathology to show that Lucy died when she fell out of a tree. So she's got fractures consistent with falling out of a tree. I mean, some people don't believe this, but it's a nice story. So the bipedal chimp phase had a mixture of different species, some of which were better at climbing than others.

There's some research to show, some forensic pathology to show that Lucy died when she fell out of a tree. So she's got fractures consistent with falling out of a tree. I mean, some people don't believe this, but it's a nice story. So the bipedal chimp phase had a mixture of different species, some of which were better at climbing than others.

There's some research to show, some forensic pathology to show that Lucy died when she fell out of a tree. So she's got fractures consistent with falling out of a tree. I mean, some people don't believe this, but it's a nice story. So the bipedal chimp phase had a mixture of different species, some of which were better at climbing than others.

Well, you know, the thing about paleontology is you must expect the unexpected. So who knows what would come? But I would imagine that when people start looking, if they find deposits of that of a similar age, they will find a greater variety of the bipedal chimp kind of thing until about two and a half million years ago when things kind of changed a bit.

Well, you know, the thing about paleontology is you must expect the unexpected. So who knows what would come? But I would imagine that when people start looking, if they find deposits of that of a similar age, they will find a greater variety of the bipedal chimp kind of thing until about two and a half million years ago when things kind of changed a bit.

Well, you know, the thing about paleontology is you must expect the unexpected. So who knows what would come? But I would imagine that when people start looking, if they find deposits of that of a similar age, they will find a greater variety of the bipedal chimp kind of thing until about two and a half million years ago when things kind of changed a bit.

It's very hard to say because there were quite a few species of Australopithecus. The first one described, Australopithecus africanus, was described exactly 100 years ago, and that came from South Africa. So that was Australopithecus africanus. And so the paleoanthropology world is celebrating that centenary this year.

It's very hard to say because there were quite a few species of Australopithecus. The first one described, Australopithecus africanus, was described exactly 100 years ago, and that came from South Africa. So that was Australopithecus africanus. And so the paleoanthropology world is celebrating that centenary this year.

It's very hard to say because there were quite a few species of Australopithecus. The first one described, Australopithecus africanus, was described exactly 100 years ago, and that came from South Africa. So that was Australopithecus africanus. And so the paleoanthropology world is celebrating that centenary this year.

But there were a number of different species, and whether they were all actually different species or not is a matter of very refined argument. But that genus Australopithecus seems to have been pretty successful throughout Africa. There is another one, indeed, from Chad, Australopithecus bar-el-gazali, which is almost indistinguishable, actually, from Afarensis.

But there were a number of different species, and whether they were all actually different species or not is a matter of very refined argument. But that genus Australopithecus seems to have been pretty successful throughout Africa. There is another one, indeed, from Chad, Australopithecus bar-el-gazali, which is almost indistinguishable, actually, from Afarensis.

But there were a number of different species, and whether they were all actually different species or not is a matter of very refined argument. But that genus Australopithecus seems to have been pretty successful throughout Africa. There is another one, indeed, from Chad, Australopithecus bar-el-gazali, which is almost indistinguishable, actually, from Afarensis.