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.
Ancient footprints tell new story about two species of human ancestors
The "huge" discovery near the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya proves the theory that some ancient ancestors were neighbors
Mysterious Human Footprints From 1.5 Million Years Ago Reveal a Surprise
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.
Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Walked the Same Lakeshore in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago
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,
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.
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,
1.5-million-year-old footprints capture two ancient human species sharing a home
The researchers believe the footprints were made within hours of each other on the shores of an ancient lake in present-day Kenya.
Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other
An international team of researchers said Thursday that they had found two sets of hominin footprints that were made about the same time on an ancient lake’s shore in present-day Kenya. It is, they said, a “fossil first” that offers proof different hominin species lived at the same time and space.
1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Shared Habitat
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,
Discovery in Kenya Reveals Overlap of Ancient Human Species
Analysis of Other Fossil Footprint Sites Shows That the Two Species Repeatedly Visited Lake Margin Habitats for Up to 200,000 Years
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Footprints Suggest Different Human Relatives Lived Alongside One Another
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Fossil footprints reveal two hominin species crossed paths on same day
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Rare footprints suggest two of our prehistoric ancestors may have met
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