Roughly 1.5 million years ago, members of two different species of early humans walked barefoot across a muddy lakeshore in what is now Kenya. Their footprints, made within hours or days of each other,

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.

Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were neighbors some 1.5 million years ago.

As Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei – a direct ancestor and an ancestral relative of modern humans, respectively – lived their lives in the Turkana Basin, they left their footprints, impressed deep in the mud around the lake, probably with barely a thought.

Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies with distinct features that challenge predictions made by the prevailing cold dark matter (CDM) model. Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed.

The researchers believe the footprints were made within hours of each other on the shores of an ancient lake in present-day Kenya.

Muddy footprints found beside Lake Turkana, Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species were once neighbors 1.5 million years ago.

The "huge" discovery near the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya proves the theory that some ancient ancestors were neighbors

That’s exactly what happened in Kenya, where fossilized footprints tell the story of two early human species sharing the same landscape 1.5 million years ago, according to tagesschau. These prints were found near Lake Turkana in the Koobi Fora Formation,

Analysis of Other Fossil Footprint Sites Shows That the Two Species Repeatedly Visited Lake Margin Habitats for Up to 200,000 Years