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A study by an international team reveals 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, showing two distinct ...

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First-ever dual-hominid-species footprints discovered with a combination of fame and fortuities.

Newly discovered footprints show that at least two hominid species were walking through the muddy submerged edge of a lake in Kenya's Turkana Basin at ...

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

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