Crossing Paths: Ancient Footprints Reveal Interactions Between Early Hominins
New Evidence of Coexistence Among Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei
In an extraordinary glimpse into the distant past, fossilized footprints unearthed1 in Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species coexisted and shared the same landscape 1.5 million years ago. These footprints, preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore, offer groundbreaking evidence of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei traversing the same terrain, po…
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