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.
These two ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago
Remarkably preserved footprints of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei offer direct evidence that extinct hominin species coexisted.
Fossil Footprints in Kenya Show Two Ancient Human Species Coexisted
(Reuters) - 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, horses, warthogs, giant storks and other animals.
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.
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.
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.
Two ancient human species walked the same path together 1.5 million years ago
Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed.
1.5-million-year-old footprints capture two ancient human species sharing a home
In a new discovery near Kenya’s Lake Turkana, scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints from two distinct hominin species dating back 1.5 million years. This marks the first known instance of two hominin species leaving tracks on the same surface,
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