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.
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,
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 now-extinct bipedal hominin, Paranthropus boisei, 1.5 million years ago.
Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other
A new discovery of fossils dating back 1.5 million years is giving scientists fresh insight into the behaviors of human ancestors known as hominins. 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.
A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot
More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna 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.
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 ...
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