After excavation and for the purposes of this study, the Ileret footprints were carefully mapped, photographed and digitally recorded. The footprints were scanned with a V1900 Konica-Minolta optical laser scanner, which digitized the three-dimensional surface.
In addition, close-up photography and high resolution digital images were taken with a Nikon D200. All of this information was used by the geographic information systems software program ArcGIS to create a single ortho-rectified photo-mosaic.
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Bennett, Matthew R., et al. 2009 Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science 323:1197-1201.
