New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins

New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins

Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding record includes the earliest hominin footprints in the world (3.66 million years old), discovered in 1978 at Site G and attributed to Australopithecus afarensis. Here, we report hominin tracks unearthed in the n...

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Main Authors: Fidelis T Masao, Elgidius B Ichumbaki, Marco Cherin, Angelo Barili, Giovanni Boschian, Dawid A Iurino, Sofia Menconero, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Giorgio Manzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Australopithecus afarensis
Hominini
Laetoli
footprints
Pliocene
body size estimates
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/19568

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