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Laetoli and Footprints
“ The Laetoli Footprints ” received significant recognition by the public, providing convincing evidence of bipedalism in Pliocene hominids based on analysis of the impressions.
In 1978, the discovery of hominid tracks —“ The Laetoli Footprints ”— by Mary Leakey gained significant recognition by both scientists and laymen, providing convincing evidence of bipedalism in Pliocene hominids.
However, recent study of the Sadiman volcano has shown that the volcano is not a source for the Laetoli Footprints Tuff ( Zaitsev et al.
The Footprints at Laetoli.
PBS Video, Evolution: Library: Laetoli Footprints, 2001.
* Footprints to Fill: Flat feet and doubts about makers of the Laetoli tracks-Scientific American Magazine ( August 2005 )
* Hominid Footprints and Laetoli: Facts and Interpretations ( 1987 ) White, Suwa http :// dl2af5jf3e. search. serialssolutions. com. proxy. lib. umich. edu /? sid = CSA: zooclust-set-c & pid =% 3CAN % 3EZOOR12300058872 % 3C % 2FAN % 3E % 26 % 3CPY % 3E1987 % 3C % 2FPY % 3E % 26 % 3CAU % 3EWhite % 2C % 20T % 2ED % 2E % 3B % 20Suwa % 2C % 20G % 2E % 3C % 2FAU % 3E & issn = 0002-9483 & volume = 72 & issue = 4 & spage = 485 & epage = 514 & date = 1987 & genre = article & aulast = White & auinit = TD & title = American % 20Journal % 20of % 20Physical % 20Anthropology & atitle = Hominid % 20footprints % 20at % 20Laetoli % 3A % 20facts % 20and % 20interpretations
* The Laetoli Footprints ( 1996 ) Agnew, Demas, Leakey http :// www. jstor. org. proxy. lib. umich. edu / stable / pdfplus / 2890795. pdf? acceptTC = true

Laetoli and .
At nearby Laetoli the oldest known hominid footprints, the Laetoli footprints, were discovered by Mary Leakey in 1978, and estimated to be about 3. 6 million years old and probably made by Australopithecus afarensis.
The oldest hominid fossils ever discovered in Tanzania also come from Laetoli and are the 3. 6 to 3. 8 million year old remains of Australopithecus afarensis — Louis Leakey had found what he thought was a baboon tooth at Laetoli in 1935 ( which was not identified as afarensis until 1979 ), a fragment of hominid jaw with three teeth was found there by Kohl-Larsen in 1938 – 39, and in 1974 – 75 Mary Leakey recovered 42 teeth and several jawbones from the site.
The earliest evidence of fundamentally bipedal hominids can be observed at the site of Laetoli in Tanzania.
It is located 45 km from the Laetoli archaeological site.
Important human trace fossils are the Laetoli ( Tanzania ) footprints, imprinted in volcanic ash 3. 7 Ma ( million years ago ) -- probably by an early Australopithecus.
Despite Laetoli being the type locality for A. afarensis, the most extensive remains assigned to the species are found in Hadar, Afar Region of Ethiopia, including the above-mentioned " Lucy " partial skeleton and the " First Family " found at the AL 333 locality.
She also discovered the Laetoli footprints.
After Mary's husband died, she continued her work at Olduvai and Laetoli.
It was here, at the Laetoli site, that she discovered Hominin fossils that were more than 3. 75 million-years-old.
From 1976 to 1981 Leakey and her staff worked to uncover the Laetoli hominid footprint trail which was left in volcanic ashes some 3. 6 million years ago.
The years that followed this discovery were filled with research at Olduvai and Laetoli, the follow-up work to discoveries and preparing publications.
The site of the Laetoli footprints is located 45 km south of Olduvai gorge.

Footprints and .
Footprints of its feet have been found showing a covering of hair which indicates it had a coat similar to a modern wombat.
* 1855 – The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
Shorter became the group's principal composer, and some of his compositions of this era ( including " Footprints " and " Nefertiti ") have become standards.
Footprints from azhdarchids show that at least some pterosaurs walked with an erect, rather than sprawling, posture.
Footprints in marble, said to be those of Jesus Christ, preserved in the Church of Domine Quo Vadis.
#* D. Hunt, Footprints in Cyprus ( London, Trigraph 1990 ).
Hawker described the wrecking in his book Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall.
* " Footprints on Rock ", 1997, Sydney: Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.
K. R. N. F is also producing a documentary ( both in Malayalam and English ) on the life of K. R. Narayanan, entitled The Footprints Of Survival, aimed at propagating the ideals and perpetuating the memory of K. R. Narayanan.
Footprints & Sunset on Adirondack Trails: The Memoirs of James Manchester Wardner 1831-1904, privately published by Joan Wardner Allen, printed by Graphics North, Jay, NY.
Vermont Place Names: Footprints of History.
However, The Vermont Road Atlas and Guide ( Northern Cartographic, 1989 ) uses Warners Grant ( p. 63 ), as do Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History by Esther M. Swift ( The Stephen Greene Press, 1977, pp 220 – 2 ), and the Vermont Atlas and Gazetteer ( Delorme, 9th ed., 1996, p. 55 ).
The Vermont Road Atlas and Guide ( Northern Cartographic, 1989 ) uses Warren Gore ( p. 63 ) as does Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History by Esther M. Swift ( The Stephen Greene Press, 1977, pp. 222 – 3 ).
* The Footprints of God, novel written by author Greg Iles.

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