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StW 573 is a nearly complete Australopithecus skeleton discovered in the of South Africa.

Found in the Silberberg Grotto in 1997, it is estimated to be approximately 3.67 million years old . StW 573 is a nearly complete Australopithecus skeleton

Its preservation has allowed scientists to study early hominin locomotion, proving these ancestors had a "mixed" repertoire of both bipedal walking and arboreal climbing . StW 573 is a nearly complete Australopithecus skeleton