1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Two Hominin Species Coexisted

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Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Walked the Same Lakeshore in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Ago

A new, “mind-blowing” discovery reveals evidence that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei stepped at the same site within days—or hours—of each other

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Newly discovered footprints have now been able to prove for the first time: Around 1.5 million years ago, two different early human species were in the same place within a short period of time. Did they meet? By Nina Kunze.

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2 Separate Species of Human Ancestors Left Footprints at Same Spot on Same Day 1.5Mil Years Ago – ‘Really Huge’

Footprints dating back 1.5 million years made by two different species of human ancestors have been found at the same spot—a fossil first—and the individuals likely passed within an hour from each other. More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake […] The post 2 Different Species of Human Ancestors Left Footprints at Same Spot on Same Day 1.5Mil Years Ago – ‘Really Huge’…

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Two relatives of humans stepped on a muddy beach at the same time in what is now northern Kenya 1.5 million years ago, a new study shows.

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Ancient footprints found in Kenya suggest human relatives ‘might have walked by one another’

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted.

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Fossil footprints have been discovered along the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, from which scientists conclude that two different species of hominids - Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus - literally crossed paths.