Research results on the footprints were announced on 7 February 2014, identifying them as the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.

The prints were hidden among fossilized animal trails carved into the ground by deer and wild boar. This led to scientists missing the hominid footprints entirely.

Footprints from Kenya's Turkana Basin show that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei lived simultaneously 1.5 million years ago, with distinct bipedalism patterns suggesting different evolutionary ...

Intersecting paths of muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside 1.5 million years ago suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbours.

Footprints Reveal Coexisting Hominids 1.5M Years Ago American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Newly discovered footprints show that at least two hominid species were walking through ...

Hominid footprints preserved at a 1.5-million-year-old Kenyan site include an impression, shown here, attributed to Paranthropus boisei. Two hominid species probably interacted at the ancient lake ...

Two Different Early Human Species Walked the Same Lake 1.5 Million Years Ago First-ever dual-hominid-species footprints discovered with a combination of fame and fortuities.

The Laetoli footprints on the southern edge of Tanzania’s Serengeti Plains are the oldest known footprints of our earliest human ancestors and the first evidence of an upright walking hominid.

Bipedal ancestors The earliest hominid footprints of any kind are roughly 3.75 million years old. They are the famous Laetoli footsteps in Tanzania, discovered in 1973 by Mary Leakey. They were made ...

The footprints weave intricate paths across the desolate landscape. Some tracks race straight toward an unseen finish line; others meander, the outlines of their ancient owners’ toes and curves ...