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 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.
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 possibly interacted.
Fossil footprints in Kenya show two human ancestors coexisting 1.5 million years ago
Researchers discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya's Turkana Basin, revealing coexistence of Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus. The prints, showing distinct walking patterns, provide direct evidence of the two species' interaction and environment,
Footprints of two ancient human species found in Kenya
Found at Koobi Fora near Lake Turkana, the footprints show that *Paranthropus boisei* and *Homo erectus* shared the same habitat, offering new insights into their coexistence and evolutionary paths.**
1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Two Species f Early Human Ancestors Were Neighbors in Kenya
Scientists discovered fossilized footprints along Lake Turkana, Kenya, revealing that early human ancestors Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisted around 1.5 million years ago. The distinct footprints show different walking styles,
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.
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. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same—they record instances in the lives of many different extinct organisms,
Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago
Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 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.
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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, ...
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1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species
A set of footprints found at the site of Koobi Fora in Kenya reveals that our ancestor Homo erectus coexisted with a ...