Discovery to Shed Light on How Human Evolution Happened

Archaeologists discovered 43 years ago in an area of ​​Tanzania known as the “Leatoli Road” 3.7 million years They had found a footprint that they identified as As a result of the studies they carried out in those years, experts found that these footprints were a part of it belongs to the bear they had thought. However, a new study by scientists working at Ohio University shows that this information is proved untrue. So much so that the footprints in question belonged to a human ancestor.

Scientists at Ohio University conducted a fairly extensive study. Comparing 5 consecutive footprints with the foot structures of bears, chimpanzees and humans, scientists concluded that bear detection is wrong because they found that there was no similarity between the bears’ stepping habits and successive tracks. Also in the area where the footprints are found to the claws about There were no finds. So the footprint in question could not have belonged to a bear.

According to the analysis, the owner of the footprint was 1 meter tall.

More than 18,000 animal traces were found on Leatoli Road. These traces of being differentincreased the curiosity of scientists. Deciding to continue their work, the experts took action to determine the type of creature with a bipedal foot. The first living species that comes to mind is one of the most popular primate species. Australopithecus afarensisit was However, these creatures had to be in the range of 111 to 168 centimeters in length. Calculations made on the footprint of this creature 100 centimeters tall revealed that. So this creature was either a very young Australopithecus afarensis. or was it a different species.

Studies by anthropologist Ellison McNutt and colleagues show that the footprint to an adult revealed that he belonged. This suggests that the footprint in question belongs to an Australopithecus afarensis. does not belong meant. The owner of the footprint was an adult with a wide heel and a big toe that was much longer than the second toe. Scientists are now working to pinpoint this adult species. If a clear conclusion emerges, how will people upright new information about their walking can be reached.