Researchers say they used a synchrotron (ring particle accelerator) Fossils Part. Not only did they learn more about the biological features of the small feet, but they also saw the difficulties this adult woman faces in life.

The little feet had the characteristics of apes and humans, which are considered to be the ancestors of humans. Fossils were discovered in the Starkfonten Caves, northwest of Johannesburg, in the 1990s. Scientists have named this species Australopithecus promitis.

This fossil reveals a lot about the life of the ancient ancestors. We are not saying that small legs are the direct ancestors of modern humans, but they are really related and very close to ours. Ancestors Relatives, ”said Ron Clark, a paleontologist at Whitewaters University.

The skull with small feet was studied in Oxfordshire, where there is a synchrotron in the UK – a ring particle accelerator. In it, the magnetic field required to rotate the charged particles and the electric field required to accelerate the particles are precisely synchronized with the particle beam moving through it.

Before emitting 10 billion times more light than sunlight, the electrons accelerate to the speed of light and are then directed to laboratories, allowing scientists to study fossils using X-rays without damaging them. Scientists are now studying the arch of the small skull and lower jaw.

“Studying fossils with tiny feet has given us new facts about how we evolved over 3 million years ago. The essentials we now know: We came from Africa, and people first appeared in Africa. We do not yet know where, when, or who our direct ancestors were. We think we can get more answers because of the age of the small foot and the well-preserved fossil, ”said Amelie Budett, a paleontrophysiologist at the University of Cambridge.

The exact age of the small foot has not yet been determined. Small feet, as the nickname implies, are small feet. Fossil feet are one of the first skeletal parts to reach a height of 130 cm.

Our ancestors Homo sapiens originated about 300,000 years ago. Small feet have previously been studied using a synchrotron. Representatives of this species were able to walk on two legs, on the other hand, some indications are that they climbed trees, perhaps sleeping in them, guarding from predators. The face of the little feet was like that of a gorilla, and they had strong hands to climb easily. Their legs were longer than their arms, like modern humans.