The footprints, which are outside the flooded area are oriented perpendicular to the shoreline. These 87 footprints reinforce the ecological scenario of Neandertal groups established in coastal areas.

They discovered that a Neanderthal from Vindija, Croatia, had about 2.5 percent modern human DNA in its genome and another ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking ...

Compared with the continuous trail of prints, the three isolated footprints all had higher arches, indicating that they arose from a gait more similar to that of humans today. They also found that ...

On the shores of an ancient lake more than 1.5 million years ago, two species of early humans might have set eyes on each other. As giant storks flew overhead and ancient zebras waded through the sand ...

They discovered that a Neanderthal from Vindija, Croatia, had about 2.5 percent modern human DNA in its genome, and another Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains in Siberia had about 3.7 percent ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the moment, according to a new study.

Through experiments in the field and in the lab, he compared the footprints with those made by living humans, including 59 of the Daasanach people in Ethiopia, who typically don’t wear shoes, as ...