Archaeologists working in Kenya found the footprints of two distinct human ancestors preserved in the fossilized mud of an ancient lake — walking side by side.

Pictured above is a fossil footprint believed to have been created by a hominin species known as Paranthropus boisei, one of ...

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Muddy footprints found beside Lake Turkana, Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species were once neighbors 1.5 million years ...

Researchers say the footprints were left in the mud by two different species, perhaps within a matter of hours or days.

A new study of ancient footprints is the first ever to show that our early ancestors coexisted in a shared space.

A study by an international team reveals 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, showing two distinct ...

As Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei – a direct ancestor and an ancestral relative of modern humans, respectively – lived ...

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

Footprints found in Koobi Fora, Kenya, reveal Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisted 1.5 million years ago, with ...

And while it’s true that the fossil record does suggest that the two ancient human relatives may have overlapped, the newly ...

Smithsonian: Fossil Footprints Reveal That Two Early Human Relatives Lived on the Same Landscape in Kenya 1.5 Million Years ...