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1.5 million-years-old footprints reveal unknown secret about human species
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1.5 million-years-old footprints reveal unknown secret about human species

India Today  

A new study has unveiled fossilised footprints from two ancient human species, Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, that coexisted in northern Kenya approximately 1.5 million years ago. Discovered at the Koobi Fora site near Lake Turkana, these footprints provide the first physical evidence that these distinct species shared the same landscape, raising intriguing questions about their interactions and potential competition …

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Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted

Salon  

The bones they found in the sand were a clue that something more was buried beneath the surface. But these remarkably preserved footprints were the first to indicate that two different species of hominins — including Homo erectus, which is a direct ancestor to humans, and Paranthropus boisei, which was a different species that also descended from the ape ancestor …

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Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “It’s surprising that you would have two kinds of similarly sized, large-bodied hominin species on the same landscape,” said Kevin Hatala, first author of a study on the footprints that published in the journal Science on Thursday. Briana Pobiner, a research scientist and museum educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

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Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools
1 year, 10 months ago

Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools

The Hindu  

Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an extinct human cousin known as Paranthropus, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The tools date back to around …

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2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools
1 year, 10 months ago

2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools

ABC  

Around 2.9 million years ago, an ancient hominin in East Africa butchered a hippopotamus and feasted on its pulverised flesh. Key points: Archaeologists found fossilised hacked bones of animals alongside crafted stone tools The discovery pushes back the age at which crafted stone tools were used by around 300,000 years Discovery of teeth at the site raises the question of …

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Discovery of two-million-year-old skull in South Africa throws new light on human evolution
4 years ago

Discovery of two-million-year-old skull in South Africa throws new light on human evolution

The Independent  

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