image: This is a medial view of Australopithecus afarensis’ fourth metatarsal, AL 333-160, from Hadar, Ethiopia. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Feb. 11, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Carol V. Ward at University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., and colleagues was titled, “Complete Fourth Metatarsal and Arches in the Foot of Australopithecus afarensis." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Carol Ward and Elizabeth Harman (deceased)