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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other

A new discovery of fossils dating back 1.5 million years is giving scientists fresh insight into the behaviors of human ancestors known as hominins.

An international team of researchers said Thursday that they had found two sets of hominin footprints that were made about the same time on an ancient lake’s shore in present-day Kenya. It is, they said, a “fossil first” that offers proof different hominin species lived at the same time and space.

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