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SUBMITTER: Hatala KG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224389 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hatala Kevin G KG Harcourt-Smith William E H WEH Gordon Adam D AD Zimmer Brian W BW Richmond Brian G BG Pobiner Briana L BL Green David J DJ Metallo Adam A Rossi Vince V Liutkus-Pierce Cynthia M CM
Scientific reports 20200514 1
Fossil hominin footprints preserve data on a remarkably short time scale compared to most other fossil evidence, offering snapshots of organisms in their immediate ecological and behavioral contexts. Here, we report on our excavations and analyses of more than 400 Late Pleistocene human footprints from Engare Sero, Tanzania. The site represents the largest assemblage of footprints currently known from the human fossil record in Africa. Speed estimates show that the trackways reflect both walking ...[more]