Footprints Reshape What Scientists Know About Extinct Human Relative

Ancient Footprints Reveal Eight Human Relatives Walked Together Along a Kenyan Lakeshore 1.4 Million Years Ago

Learn how 21 fossil footprints show that some P. boisei stood six feet tall and crossed Lake Turkana’s shore in a mostly male group.

Ancient footprints offer rare glimpse into lives of extinct human relatives

A remarkable set of footprints preserved along the shores of Kenya’s Lake Turkana from more than one million years ago is giving scientists an unusually detailed look at how one of humanity’s extinct relatives may have lived, moved and socialized.

Footprints reshape what scientists know about extinct human relative

A trackway in northern Kenya preserves a "snapshot" of how individuals of an ancient hominin species interacted with one another.

Ancient Fossil Footsteps Found in Kenya May Hint That an Early Human Relative Was Larger Than Previously Thought

The trackway sheds light on how some hominins moved around their environments and with one another

This ancient fossil could rewrite the story of human origins

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong anatomical evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, including a ligament attachment seen only in human ancestors. Despite its ape-like appearance and small brain, its leg and hip structure suggest it moved confidently on two legs. The finding places bipedalism near the very root of the human family tree.

A rare snapshot of “fossil behavior” from Paranthropus boisei

Fossil footprints reveal body size and group dynamics of Paranthropus boisei, an ancient hominin group in northern Kenya. The post A rare snapshot of “fossil behavior” from Paranthropus boisei appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.