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The team was surprised to find that the face size, as well as the shape and measurements of her eye sockets, were also more similar to the East African Australopithecus fossils, despite the fact that Little Foot was found in South Africa.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026 Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but in their absence, Little Foot’s eye sockets will have to suffice.—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026 The results show that Little Foot’s skull had large eye sockets and, interestingly, resembled that of other Australopithecus fossils that were uncovered elsewhere on the African continent.—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2026 The only major worry for Barca head coach Hansi Flick is an injury to Robert Lewandowski, who fractured an eye socket at the weekend.—Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eye socket