Ancient footprints show two different human ancestors coexisted at the same spot 1.5M years ago
Maybe they helped each other. Maybe they ran from each other. Maybe they ignored each other. It’s long been known that multiple species of ancient humans lived in the same hot, lush lakeshore area of East Africa.
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.
Remarkable Fossil Footprints Show Two Hominin Species Coexisting 1.5 Million Years Ago
A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ancestors' story.
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.
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
Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were neighbors some 1.5 million years ago.
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
Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
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 instants in the lives of many different extinct organisms,
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.
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Muddy footprints suggest where 2 species of early humans met 1.5 million years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors ...