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Little Foot’s skull, with the arrow on the right-hand image indicating the specimen’s atlas. R.J. Clarke/Author supplied

March 16, 2020

A tiny bone from Little Foot’s skeleton adds fresh insights into what our ancestors could do

Amélie Beaudet, University of the Witwatersrand

The findings suggest that this specimen could climb and move in trees. But it may also have been able to walk on the ground. This echoes previous studies.

More must be done to draw women into STEM careers. Burlingham/Shutterstock

February 7, 2019

Want to be a woman in science? Here’s advice from those who’ve gone before

Ntombizikhona Beaulah Ndlovu, iThemba LABS; Amanda Weltman, University of Cape Town; Amélie Beaudet, University of the Witwatersrand; Judith Koskey, Egerton University; Marilyn Ronoh, University of Nairobi; Melisa Achoko Allela, Technical University of Kenya, and Mercy Muendo, Daystar University

Women are drastically under-represented in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields.

“Little Foot’s” skull and a 3-D rendering of the endocast. Beaudet et al. 2019 Journal of Human Evolution

January 7, 2019

Virtual images reveal secrets of an ancient fossil’s brain and inner ear

Amélie Beaudet, University of the Witwatersrand

Thanks to hundreds of fossil remains found in Africa studies can explore new scenarios about how our ancestors lived and evolved.

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