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A new, “mind-blowing” discovery reveals evidence that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei stepped at the same site within days—or hours—of each other

Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.

About 1.5 million years ago, two different species of early man likely came within hours of passing each other on the shores of what is now known as Lake Turkana in Kenya. Two sets of footprints tracing each hominin's path represent the first geological record of such an example,

The bones they found in the sand were a clue that something more was buried beneath the surface. When a team of excavators in the Turkana Basin, an archaeological site in Kenya, dug deeper, they found more evidence that ancient human ancestors had existed in the region: footprints.

Footprints from 1.5mil years ago made by two different species of human ancestors were made within hours on the same spot—a fossil first.

Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies with distinct features that challenge predictions made by the prevailing cold dark matter (CDM) model. Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed.

Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed.

The researchers believe the footprints were made within hours of each other on the shores of an ancient lake in present-day Kenya.

The research included professors Kevin Hatala from Chatham U. in Pittsburgh and Craig Feibel of Rutgers and showed two human species might have competed or cooperated.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million years ago.