Ancient footprints tell new story about two species of human ancestors
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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,
Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago
The footprints were left in the mud by two different species “within a matter of hours, or at most days,” a co-author of the research study said.
1.5M-Year-Old Footprints in Kenya Show Two Hominin Species Coexisted
Muddy footprints found beside Lake Turkana, Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species were once neighbors 1.5 million years ago.
Fossil footprints reveal two hominin species crossed paths on same day
There’s plenty of evidence that ancient hominin species crossed paths on many occasions – but it’s never been quite as literal as a new discovery in Kenya. Paleontologists have discovered the first known example of fossil footprints left by two different species of ancient hominins on the same day.
Fossil footprints discovered in Kenya suggest two different ancient human relatives co-existed
Newly discovered fossil footprints indicate two different ancient human relatives walked upright around a muddy lake in Kenya.
Ancient Hominin Footprints Reveal Evidence of Coexistence
More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food.
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.
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 offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths
Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits crossed paths in East Africa. Footprints preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore indicate that the two species, each built to walk in its own way,
Fossil Footprints Suggest Two Early Human Species Crossed Paths within Hours
Two sets of fossilized footprints from early human species were made within a few hours of each other about 1.5 million years ago, researchers suggest
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2 Different Species of Human Ancestors Left Footprints at Same Spot on Same Day 1.5Mil Years Ago – ‘Really Huge’ First
Footprints from 1.5mil years ago made by two different species of human ancestors were made within hours on the same spot—a ...
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Footprints in Kenya reveal two ancient human species crossed paths
“It’s an amazing discovery.” The tracks of fossil footprints were uncovered in 2021 in what is today Koobi Fora, Kenya, said Leaky, who is based at New York's Stony Brook Universit ...
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 ...
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Ancient footprints give clues about bipedalism
Archaeologists working in Kenya found the footprints of two distinct human ancestors preserved in the fossilized mud of an ancient lake — walking side by side.