# Analysis of famous fossil helps unlock when humans and apes diverged

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**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/analysis-of-famous-fossil-helps-unlock-when-humans-and-apes-diverged/13636 "2021-04-24T21:56:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/analysis-of-famous-fossil-helps-unlock-when-humans-and-apes-diverged/13636/1 "2021-04-24T21:56:06Z")

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> **[Analysis of famous fossil helps unlock when humans and apes diverged](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210420092921.htm)**
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> Researchers examined the shoulder assembly of Little Foot, an Australopithecus that lived more than 3 million years ago, and may have confirmed how our human ancestors used their arms.

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