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Detailed Analysis of Laetoli Footprints Indicate Multiple Species of Bipedal Hominins

New data from the famous anthropological site reveal that at least two differently bipedal hominins roamed

Dec 03, 2021
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The oldest unequivocal evidence of bipedal hominins to date is the 3.7 million-year-old footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978.1 Specifically, the footprints from Sites G and S are generally accepted as members of Australopithecus afarensis… You know the species of the famous partial skeleton “Lucy.”

Laetoli Footprints L8/S1-1, L8/S1-2, L8/S1…

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