.

1. The lower limb of Australopithecus sediba
Bernhard Zipfel
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand

2. Lee R. Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Jeremy M. DeSilva
Boston University
Kristian J. Carlson
University of the Witwatersrand
Steven E. Churchill
Duke University
Kenneth G. Holt
Sagent College
Christopher S. Walker
Duke University
Robert S. Kidd
University of Western Sydney
Eve Boyle
Boston University

4. Photograph: P Schmit
Adapted from Zipfel et al. (2011)
E
U.W.
88-97 - 99
U.W. 88-21
U.W. 88-22 U.W. 88-33

5. Tibia
U.W. 88-97
Talus
U.W. 88-98
Calcaneus
U.W. 88-99
Virtual preparation: Kristian Carlson
Zipfel et al. (2011)

6. Tibia
U.W. 88-97
Tibia
U.W. 88-21
Distal tibia morphology

7. Chimpanzee
Australopithecusafarensis‘Lucy’
Australopithecussediba(MH1?)
Tibia
Australopithecussediba(MH2)
Image: P Schmit
Steven E. Churchill
Duke University

8. Talus

9. Talus: CVA

10. Calcaneus

11. Calcaneus: canonical variates analysis
Zipfel et al. (2011)

15. Normal foot pronation imprint in
sand with well formed arch
Hyperpronation. Flattened arch.

22. Uncompensated Compensated

24. LPP

26. Tibia
U.W. 88-97
Talus
U.W. 88-98
MH2 U.W. 88-99
Virtual preparation: Kristian Carlson
Zipfel et al. (2011)
Human (Jamon)

28. Acknowledgements
• A Leenen - Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST)
• E Mbua, P Kiura, V Iminjili – National Museums of Kenya
• Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
• South African Heritage Resources Agency
• Nash family
• Department of Science and Technology (DST)
• NRF
• Mellon Foundation
• Africa Array Programme
• S Potze and L Kgasi – Ditsong Museum
• B. de Klerk, B. Louw, B. Nkosi, F. Ndaba and D. Mithi – University of the Witwatersrand
• Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Harvard Peabody Museum
• Smithsonian Institution
• American Museum of Natural History
• Chicago Field Museum, Powell-Cotton Museum
• The Natural History Museum (London)
• G Suwa – UMUT
• L Wu –IVPP
• J Brink - NMB