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Its preservation has allowed scientists to study early hominin locomotion, proving these ancestors had a "mixed" repertoire of both bipedal walking and arboreal climbing .

It is over 90% complete , making it more intact than the famous "Lucy" ( A. afarensis ) skeleton. Its preservation has allowed scientists to study early

Found in the Silberberg Grotto in 1997, it is estimated to be approximately 3.67 million years old . Its preservation has allowed scientists to study early