Tanzania footprint discovery

Australopithecus afarensis - forensic facial reconstruction (By Cicero Moraes Own work CC BY-SA 3.0)

Test-pit L8 at Laetoli Site S.(Masao et al CC BY 4.0 .eLife 2016 5e19568)

Location of the study (Masao et al CC BY 4.0 .eLife 2016 5e19568)

Casts of the Laetoli footprints (By Wolfgang Sauber Own work CC BY-SA 4.0)

Olduvai Gorge Tanzania (By Noel Feans - Oldupai CC BY 2.0)

Southern part of the hominin trackway in test-pit L8 (Masao et al CC BY 4.0 .eLife 2016 5e19568)

Australopithecus africanus fossil hominid (Upper Pliocene 2.01 to 2.05 Ma Sterkfontein Gauteng Province northeastern South Africa) 1 (Flickr user James St. John CC BY 2.0)

Shaded 3D photogrammetric elevation model of the central portion of test-pit M9 and close-up of the best-preserved tracks with contour lines. (Masao et al CC BY 4.0 .eLife 2016 5e19568)

Australopithecus afarensis fossil hominid (Pliocene eastern Africa) 2 (Flickr user James St. John CC BY 2.0)