Footprints discovered at the Koobi Fora site on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya suggest that two species of ancient humans coexisted peacefully, sharing a habitat more than 1.5 million years ago.
More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking eyes with each other. These early forerunners of Homo sapiens wandered in a landscape teeming with wildlife, including giant maribou storks that stood 2 meters tall.
A stunning discovery of fossilized footprints pressed into soft mud preserved the unexpected and extraordinary moment, suggesting that the two distinct types of hominin were able to live as neighbors sharing a habitat, rather than as competitors who kept to their own territory
Ancient Humans Fossilized Footprints Homo Sapiens Coexistence Lake Turkana Kenya
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