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…