You said 'HOMO-ERECTUS'.......
Posted on 12/02/2024 5:44:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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 (6.5 feet) tall...
The first part of the find occurred in July 2021 during an excavation at Koobi Fora, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya, where the skeletal remains of several ancient human relatives have been found. That excavation revealed one hominin footprint, alongside several other tracks made by large birds. The team decided to rebury the tracks with fine sand until a detailed excavation was possible...
The three other footprints perpendicular to the trackway were scattered across the site. Hatala thinks they were made by three separate individuals, their other tracks perhaps wiped out by other animals walking around the surface at the same time.
Hatala and his colleagues couldn't directly date the footprints. But Hatala said the fossils were found below — and therefore were "slightly older" than — a layer of volcanic ash on the same site known as Elomaling'a Tuff, which has been dated to 1.52 million years ago, according to the study...
The team concluded that hominins belonging to the species Homo erectus and the smaller-brained Paranthropus boisei made the footprints. P. bosei made the long trackway, while Homo erectus made the other three footprints, the study suggested. The skeletal remains of both species have been found at the site.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
And the bartender is my marriage counselor.
That makes more sense than my proposal.
, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore
And the storks ate them both...
What they won’t do or say to keep getting funded.....other than “Believe it or Not” curiosities, what does their work do for society?
More than yours does.
I thought the storks were there to deliver their babies.
You said 'HOMO-ERECTUS'.......
MOST LIKELY CHEAPER & MORE ACCURATE.
SNAP!
But, I’m not vying for taxpayer money to pursue my hobbies....
Boo hoo.
Heh-heh - gave you a case of tDS (trebb Derangement Syndrome)
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