Sentences with phrase «naledi foot»

The scientists also investigated 107 H. naledi foot bones, including a nearly complete adult right foot.

However, the H. naledi foot had toes that were more curved than those of modern humans, supporting the notion that the hominin was also relatively adept at life in the trees.

Not exact matches

«Foot fossils of human relative illustrate evolutionary «messiness» of bipedal walking: Study of Homo naledi suggests that new species walked upright and also climbed trees.»

Analysis of these bones has shown that the foot bones look much more like human bones than chimpanzee bones, except for two major areas: the toes of H. naledi's foot were more curved and their feet were generally flatter than seen in the average modern human.

The scientists detailed their findings on H. naledi's hands and feet online today (Oct. 6) in two papers in the journal Nature Communications.

Detailed analysis of 107 foot bones indicates that H. naledi was well adapted for standing and walking on two feet, but that it also was likely comfortable climbing trees.

A new study on Homo naledi, the extinct human relative whose remains were discovered in a South African cave and introduced to the world last month, suggests that although its feet were the most human - like part of its body, H. naledi didn't use them to walk in the same way we do.

«Homo naledi's foot is far more advanced than other parts of its body, for instance, its shoulders, skull, or pelvis,» said William Harcourt - Smith, lead author of the new paper, resident research associate in the American Museum of Natural History's Division of Paleontology, and assistant professor at CUNY's Lehman College.

Despite the close similarity in the foot structure, H. naledi likely did not walk exactly like us, the researchers say.

Although H. naledi's cranium is shaped like that of H. erectus, its brain size is that of an earlier australopith, and tiny for its 5 - foot - tall body.

In the paper published in eLife, the researchers describe Homo naledi «as being similar in size and weight to a small modern human, with human - like hands and feet.»

Berger and his colleagues estimate that H. naledi stood an average of about 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall.