Probably one of the most well known archaeological sites in the world is that of Laetoli, where in the 1970s Mary Nicol Leakey discovered the footprints of three of our hominin ancestors, Australopithecus afarensis.
Now, strictly speaking, the age of this site (3.9 million years ago), puts it into the paleontological realm, some one and a half million years before Australopithecus would finally get around to making stone tools. But the site is quite interesting, even so, and a recent paper in the Journal of Human Evolution increases the information we can get out of some muddy footprints. So pick a link and follow on through.
Now, strictly speaking, the age of this site (3.9 million years ago), puts it into the paleontological realm, some one and a half million years before Australopithecus would finally get around to making stone tools. But the site is quite interesting, even so, and a recent paper in the Journal of Human Evolution increases the information we can get out of some muddy footprints. So pick a link and follow on through.
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