Their footprints also tell us about their behavior and how they move through the world — alone, in groups, quickly, slowly … it’s incredible what you can tell from a footprint!

Fossilized footprints offer a unique window into the lives of prehistoric creatures, providing clues that bones and other ...

boilei. A 3D model of the trackways, with P. boisei footprints heading vertically and H. erectus crossing horizontally. Other fossil bird and animal tracks can be seen as well “This proves ...

The researchers also found 94 nonhuman tracks belonging to birds and cow- and horse-like animals. The largest bird track was 27 centimeters (10.6 inches) across and likely belong to a kind of ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

Other animals left tracks there as well—giant storks, smaller birds such as pelicans, antelope and zebra, hippos and elephants—but hominin tracks are surprisingly common for a land-based species.

Ancient fossil footprints are the first evidence of two different hominin species − Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei − living in the same place at the same time.

or even with other animals. That's something that we can't really get from bones or stone tools." Hatala, an expert in foot anatomy, found the species' footprints reflected different patterns of ...

leaving behind intersecting trackways alongside the footprints of antelopes, horses, warthogs, giant storks and other animals. These tracks turned into fossils that scientists have now discovered ...

Pictured above is a fossil footprint believed to have been created by a hominin species known as Paranthropus boisei, one of 12 such footprints unearthed in Kenya that date back 1.5 million years.

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 ...

“With the footprints, we know these two species were ... researchers in the region have also found evidence of ancestors of animals still found in Africa today like giraffes, pigs, and elephants.