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Hand, Foot Fossils of Ancient Human Relative Found in Kenya

Hand and foot fossils found for ancient human relative

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Reuters

19:58 JST, October 27, 2025

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and manipulate objects such as stone tools and was fully bipedal.

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