1.4-million-year-old footprints reveal a surprisingly large human relative

1.4-million-year-old-footprints-reveal-a-surprisingly-large-human-relative

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some individuals reaching surprisingly large, human-like body sizes. The tracks offer a rare glimpse of their social behavior and suggest these extinct human relatives may have lived in more complex groups than previously thought.

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