Footprints in Time: Unearthing a 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tale of Coexisting Hominins
Scientists examined 1.5-million-year-old fossils they unearthed, concluding they represent the first example of two sets of hominin footprints made about the same time. The discovery will provide more insight into human evolution.
Fossil footprints in Kenya show two human ancestors coexisting 1.5 million years ago
Researchers discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya's Turkana Basin, revealing coexistence of Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus. The prints, showing distinct walking patterns, provide direct evidence of the two species' interaction and environment,
Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
are being developed as a museum through a project by the National Museums of Kenya. The public, the local Daasanach people, educational groups and tourists will be able to see a large number of 1.5-million-year-old hominin footprints on one excavated surface.
Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago
Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago
Ancient footprints show two different human ancestors coexisted at the same spot 1.5M years ago
The research included professors Kevin Hatala from Chatham U. in Pittsburgh and Craig Feibel of Rutgers and showed two human species might have competed or cooperated.
Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side
Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived there at the same time about 1.5 million years ago
Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths
Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.
Footprints show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time
Ancient footprints discovered in Kenya belong to two different species of human relatives who walked on the same ground at the same time 1.5 million years ago, a study found.
Fossilized footprints reveal two extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same—they record instances in the lives of many different extinct organisms,
Fossil Footprints in Kenya Show Two Ancient Human Species Coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside the footprints of antelopes,
First-of-Its-Kind Fossil Discovery Reveals Extinct Human Species Lived Together
Newly discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints reveal how two extinct human species crossed paths within hours of each other.
Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago
Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were neighbors some 1.5 million years ago ...
Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another
A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and ...