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
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.”
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