Two species of ancient people lived next to each other 1.5 million years ago – UNIAN
Two species of ancient people – Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus – walked the same terrain at the same time
Scientists have found that about 1.5 million years ago in northern Kenya, two different species of ancient people walked along the same roads. As Reuters writes, citing a study in the journal Science, scientists have discovered fossilized footprints that prove that two species of ancient people – Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus – most likely walked at the same time on the same terrain, intersecting among themselves.
Paranthropus boisei, a more distant relative of modern humans, lived about 2.3 to 1.2 million years ago, reaching a height of about 137 cm. They had a skull adapted for large chewing muscles, including a cranial crest, like…
