Fossil footprints place two early human species in the same area at the same time Scientists discovered that two species of early humans left tracks at an ancient lake just hours apart.

Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look — were they from extinct animals or humans?

Footage shows how researchers discovers fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited ...

WASHINGTON — Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look: Were they left by extinct animals or by human ancestors? When famed paleontologist ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.

The oldest human footprint ever discovered on the Arabian Peninsula has been found, perfectly preserved in a prehistoric ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya, leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside ...

The Engare Sero site yielded 408 footprints, which now “represents the largest assemblage of footprints currently known from the human fossil record in Africa,” according to the study.

A new look at some fossilized footprints shows that more than one species of human was walking upright around 3.6 million years ago. (This story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 2, 2021.) ...

Five fossil footprints left in volcanic ash 3.66 million years ago in Tanzania are giving scientists new insight on a landmark in human evolution - upright walking - while showing that its origins ...

Researchers have found human-like footprints dating back 5.7 million years – a time when our ancestors were thought to still be getting around on ape-like feet. More mysteriously, these prints ...

Species in the human lineage are called hominins. Footprints provide information on anatomy, locomotion, behavior and environments that skeletal fossils or stone tools cannot.