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
Footprints from two different types of ancient primates related to humans—one of them a human ancestor—were likely left within hours of each other along the shoreline of a lake in what is now Kenya. The astonishingconfirms that the two hominin species lived side by side, and it offers insight into how they might have cooperated or competed., a paleoanthropologist at Chatham University and lead author of a study of the footprints, which was published on Thursday in.
He and his colleagues used three-dimensional imaging to determine the modern-looking footprints were made by an individual from the species—an upright hominin that lived between 2.3 million and 1.2 million years ago. The species was closely related to theHatala says examination of the fossilized sediments suggests the footprints were made within a few hours of each other.
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