Researchers say the footprints were left in the mud by two different species, perhaps within a matter of hours or days.

A new study of ancient footprints is the first ever to show that our early ancestors coexisted in a shared space.

A study by an international team reveals 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, showing two distinct ...

As Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei – a direct ancestor and an ancestral relative of modern humans, respectively – lived ...

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

Footprints found in Koobi Fora, Kenya, reveal Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisted 1.5 million years ago, with ...

Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 1.5 Million Years ...

Recent science briefings reveal China's effort to climate-proof potatoes, discovery of coexisting ancient human species ...

Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going.

Researchers discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya's Turkana Basin, revealing coexistence of Paranthropus boisei ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

The research included professors Kevin Hatala from Chatham U. in Pittsburgh and Craig Feibel of Rutgers and showed two human ...