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,
Scientists Discover 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints, Reveal Two Human Species Coexisted and “Easily Could Have Interacted”
Researchers in Kenya recently discovered a new set of footprints belonging to two ancient human species that walked in the same area 1.5 million years ago. The footprints were preserved in dried mud near a lake at Koobi Fora in northern Kenya.
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
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,
1.5M-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.
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 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.
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,
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.**
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.
Two species of human ancestors literally crossed paths 1.5 million years ago
Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.
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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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, ...
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 ...
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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.