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 show two species of ancient human relatives shared the same ground at the same time
A newly discovered set of footprints in Kenya provides the first evidence that two different species of ancient human relatives walked the same ground simultaneously 1.5 million years ago.The researchers behind the finding say the footprints belong to the species Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei and were left within hours or days of one another — which opens up new mysteries about what happened when the two crossed paths.
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.
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.
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 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
Mysterious Human Footprints From 1.5 Million Years Ago Reveal a Surprise
As Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei – a direct ancestor and an ancestral relative of modern humans, respectively – lived their lives in the Turkana Basin, they left their footprints, impressed deep in the mud around the lake, probably with barely a thought.
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.
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.
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.
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,
Rare footprints suggest two of our prehistoric ancestors may have met
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Hiker accidentally uncovers 280-million-year-old footprints in Italy
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Hiker Steps into 280-Million-Year-Old Fossilized World in Italian Alps
An individual plant or animal fossil is, even by itself, a massive chance to look into the history of our world and its ...