Australopithecus afarensis: Laetoli footprints
Dublin Core
Title
Australopithecus afarensis: Laetoli footprints
Fossil Item Type Metadata
Discoverer(s)
Mary Leakey
Type Specimen
LH 4
Specimen Name/Nickname
Laetoli footprints
Location (Country)
Laetoli
Site (Name)
Tanzania
Discovery Date
1979
Specimen/Species Time Range
3.6 mya
Dating Method
potassium- argon absolute dating
Specimen Data (Morphology)
These footprints had an in line big toe. Complete with modern day features of a toe off, heel strike, and arches; unlike flat footed quadrupeds.
Related Publications
Johanson, Donald, and Blake Edgar. From Lucy to Language. New York, Nevraumont Publishing Company, 2006, pp. 141-143
Conroy, Glenn C., and Herman Pontzer. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis. 3rd ed., New York & London, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012, pp. 226-227
Image source:
"Human Evolution." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 14 Apr. 2017. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/footprints.html
Conroy, Glenn C., and Herman Pontzer. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis. 3rd ed., New York & London, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012, pp. 226-227
Image source:
"Human Evolution." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 14 Apr. 2017. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/footprints.html
- Date Added
- April 17, 2017
- Item Type
- Fossil
- Citation
- “Australopithecus afarensis:Laetoli footprints,” Hominid Fossil Repository, accessed May 23, 2022, http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/hominidfossils/items/show/84.