Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins.
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Several users emphasized the groundbreaking nature of the research, such as recognizing for the first time that two distinct hominid species lived together and interacted in the same location. Phrases like 'profound discovery' and 'exciting fossil tracks' reflect a tone of enthusiasm and importance. The frequent mentions of species like Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei add to a detailed and informed discussion, signaling a deep engagement with the material.
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Participants engage deeply by referencing specific species, locations, and the broader implications of cohabitation among hominins.
Users believe that this research will have a profound impact on understanding human origins and evolution.
Abstract in brief
- Footprint evidence from 1.5 million years ago in Koobi Fora, Kenya reveals two distinct patterns of early Pleistocene hominin bipedalism on the same surface.
- This discovery suggests that multiple hominin species lived in close proximity within the same habitats in eastern and southern Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene.
- The findings indicate that shared lake margin environments were significant for these species and may have influenced their interactions, competition, and evolution.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyC'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au même moment. C'est à lire ici : https://t.co/epTgkyGEdo Et c'est surtout dans Science : https://t.co/fFF07ZckH2 https://t.co/esM7o4Mz9e
2/2 Les 2 hominidés identifiés sont Homo erectus, qui a encore existé 1 million d'années supplémentaires, et Paranthropus boisei qui s'est éteint. Un résumé en français : https://t.co/mSa8atApoj Le papier publié dans la revue scientifique Science : https://t.co/8eh0ZtVx5o
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins
This new Science paper on concurrent footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, by @kevinhatala.bsky.social and colleagues is very fun. Hatala, Kevin G., et al. "Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins." Science 386.6725 (2024): 1004-1010.
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RT @Against_3G: "Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science" https://t.co/r…
"Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science" https://t.co/rYZZO83Xrn .
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RT @KemalistIlkay: 2- Önce özetini https://t.co/KEYaSMi9Ib’da (1) okuduğum, 28 Kasım 2024’te ünlü bilim dergisi Science’ta yayınlanan (2) “…
2- Önce özetini https://t.co/KEYaSMi9Ib’da (1) okuduğum, 28 Kasım 2024’te ünlü bilim dergisi Science’ta yayınlanan (2) “Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins” (Erken Pleyistosen homininleri arasında lokomotor çeşitliliği https://t.co/7S3UGIekOK
RT @g8ge: This is a profound discovery in the origins of humanity https://t.co/xWFB0G2RX5 Companion explanatory article in the same issue o…
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @OyatsuMaster: #考古学のおやつ 3/3 ▶ Kevin G. Hatala
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/EwQiaT0ZCI
#考古学のおやつ 3/3 ▶ Kevin G. Hatala
#考古学のおやつ 2/2 ▶ Kevin G. Hatala
This is a profound discovery in the origins of humanity https://t.co/xWFB0G2RX5 Companion explanatory article in the same issue of @aaas Science at https://t.co/gQ8sQwHOmL @ChathamU @Science_Cast
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
Very exciting > Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/lHqyY9toIL
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @shi_huang5: During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus,…
During the period of 200-150 mya, Eurasia had only Homo erectus while Africa had a variety, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, H. habilis, and H. erectus. Admixture in Africa would neutralize newly emerged advanced traits https://t.co/eVuinl59SE https://t.co/q2MkuQb0su
For much of the Pliocene and Pleistocene, multiple hominin species coexisted in the same regions of eastern and southern Africa. Due to the limitations of the s… Source: Science https://t.co/XmqbH8WTtC
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @AndrewW66619812: The paper in "Science" the above "Nature" article is based upon, & links to: “Footprint evidence for locomotor divers…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins. Although fossils of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boilei occur in the Turkana Basin in Kenya, these footprints show that they coexisted and likely interacted. https://t.co/G6i80u5ZuO
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
RT @marin_eben: C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au…
The paper in "Science" the above "Nature" article is based upon, & links to: “Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins” via "Nature Briefing" 2/2 https://t.co/aQNxx47g9K
C'est la première fois qu'on a la preuve matérielle que deux espèces d'hominines disparues ont cohabité au même endroit, au même moment. C'est à lire ici : https://t.co/epTgkyGEdo Et c'est surtout dans Science : https://t.co/fFF07ZckH2 https://t.co/esM7o4Mz9e
Un nuevo video, basado en el estudio: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins. DOI: 10.1126/science.ado5275 youtube.com/watch?v=VsHg...
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins
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Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/lTaaX4iPKW
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins https://t.co/VRmNuzFRCu https://t.co/C98UKnP4dw
RT @astropierre: 2/2 Les 2 hominidés identifiés sont Homo erectus, qui a encore existé 1 million d'années supplémentaires, et Paranthropus…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @AndrejSpiridon4: Yes, they found exciting fossil tracks of two distinct hominids in close sympatry. But you know what is even more exci…
RT @astropierre: 2/2 Les 2 hominidés identifiés sont Homo erectus, qui a encore existé 1 million d'années supplémentaires, et Paranthropus…
2/2 Les 2 hominidés identifiés sont Homo erectus, qui a encore existé 1 million d'années supplémentaires, et Paranthropus boisei qui s'est éteint. Un résumé en français : https://t.co/mSa8atApoj Le papier publié dans la revue scientifique Science : https://t.co/8eh0ZtVx5o
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
(1) Publicação do estudo: https://t.co/E5EPO1tE75 Referência adicional: https://t.co/7ktfiboasG https://t.co/9fMvqMx4bQ
This new Science paper on concurrent footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, by @kevinhatala.bsky.social and colleagues is very fun. Hatala, Kevin G., et al. "Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins." Science 386.6725 (2024): 1004-1010.
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
ほとんどわかっていません。Science誌https://t.co/ZWLFrotng3
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
Yes, they found exciting fossil tracks of two distinct hominids in close sympatry. But you know what is even more exciting? The traces of giant scavenger/predator storks (Leptoptilos cf. falconeri) found nearby. https://t.co/QOpEkaZHjP cc: @HodariNundu https://t.co/OG1SK8hjYE
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science - https://t.co/cm0a9tp4wF - For much of the Pliocene and Pleistocene, multiple hominin species coexisted in the same regions of eastern and southern Africa. Due to the l
RT @AdrianPablos21: Excepcional hallazgo de huellas de 2 humanos diferentes en un mismo yacimiento hace 1,5 millones de años. https://t.co/…
"New analyses show that this is observed repeatedly across multiple contemporaneous sites in the eastern Turkana Basin." https://t.co/LfQu0yYT43
بدايات الإنسان تُظهر آثار الأقدام المكتشفة حديثًا أن نوعين على الأقل من أشباه البشر كانا يسيران على حافة بحيرة مغمورة موحلة في حوض توركانا في كينيا في نفس الوقت، قبل حوالي 1.5 مليون سنة. https://t.co/tMOr3xMQoK يقدم هذا الاكتشاف في مجلة ساينس دليلاً مادياً على وجود سلالات
@estelsiplanetes Eren, doncs, espècies simpàtrides, que compartien hàbitats en la vora del llac Turkana. Però queda molt per saber en termes de coexistència, competència i especialització ecològica. https://t.co/Xu1JwdreVo
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @alfonslopeztena: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins—Footprints from 1.5 mi…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @alfonslopeztena: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins—Footprints from 1.5 mi…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kbts_sci: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/nXpNVA…
ARTÍCULO REFERENCIA (resumen) Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins https://t.co/vqTT9cr8Qm vía @ScienceMagazine
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RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/h7dIRz0WPg
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
O artigo original está aqui Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/HXT5V1aURz
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/nXpNVAavVF
RT @pantheo27705718: 新発見の足跡、150万年前のヒト科の種の共存を示すエビデンス 論文 https://t.co/odlgtEtZXL https://t.co/dtXxI2SOLI
Excepcional hallazgo de huellas de 2 humanos diferentes en un mismo yacimiento hace 1,5 millones de años. https://t.co/56rgR2mMOz @el_pais @Nunodomin https://t.co/3nO7HVjzG9
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
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@kibeandy did you see 1.5million hominis footprint huko turkana https://t.co/geeqdWBXpo
RT @pantheo27705718: 新発見の足跡、150万年前のヒト科の種の共存を示すエビデンス 論文 https://t.co/odlgtEtZXL https://t.co/dtXxI2SOLI
ケニアでホモ属およびパラントロプス属と考えられる数時間もしくは数日以内の足跡が発見され、生態的地位の観点では、より類似しているだろうホモ属の種間よりも、より違いが大きいだろう両属間の方が、長期間共存できる可能性が高いことを反映しているのかもしれません。 https://t.co/nv0AtIYeyG
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/CKZKmYYeBu
RT @alfonslopeztena: Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins—Footprints from 1.5 mi…
RT @pantheo27705718: 新発見の足跡、150万年前のヒト科の種の共存を示すエビデンス 論文 https://t.co/odlgtEtZXL https://t.co/dtXxI2SOLI
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins—Footprints from 1.5 million years ago in Kenya's Turkana Basin were made by 2 different species –Homo erectus and Paranthropus boilei– within days of each other www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins—Footprints from 1.5 million years ago in Kenya's Turkana Basin were made by 2 different species –Homo erectus and Paranthropus boilei– within days of each other https://t.co/Op0Smk3UsN
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @pantheo27705718: 新発見の足跡、150万年前のヒト科の種の共存を示すエビデンス 論文 https://t.co/odlgtEtZXL https://t.co/dtXxI2SOLI
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
RT @WhiteRabbit36: OMG https://t.co/QFD9nt8xTN
RT @physorg_com: Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints of Homo erectus and #ParanthropusBoisei in Kenya, providing evidence…
RT @physorg_com: Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints of Homo erectus and #ParanthropusBoisei in Kenya, providing evidence…
RT @kevinhatala: Excited to share our latest paper, new in @ScienceMagazine : https://t.co/kckGkh3ZWX #ScienceResearch
新発見の足跡、150万年前のヒト科の種の共存を示すエビデンス 論文 https://t.co/odlgtEtZXL https://t.co/dtXxI2SOLI
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins | Science https://t.co/WCdLEV8fvC
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins
Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...