Fossil footprints suggest 2 early human species coexisted 1.5 million years ago

Muzammil Hussain November 30, 2024

A bird's-eye-view of a dried up muddy surface. A curved line of people stand at the left and bottom corner of the image, all looking towards impressions in the dried surface.

Intersecting paths of muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside 1.5 million years ago suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbours.

Intersecting paths of muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside 1.5 million years ago suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbours. A bird's-eye-view of a dried up muddy surface. A curved line of people stand at the left and bottom corner of the image, all looking towards impressions in the dried surface.

Intersecting paths of muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside 1.5 million years ago suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbours.

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