The Laetoli Footprints

The Laetoli Footprints we found by Mary Leakey and her team in 1978 in Laetoli, Tanzania. The footprints are claimed to be made by the Australopithecus afarensis like Lucy. The Footprints date approximately 3.6 million years ago. They suggest two early bipedals walking closely together. Because of the relative steps of the two creatures some archaeologists claim that the early primates may have been holding hands. The presence of the very human like big toe suggest the feet of these creatures to be more human than ape and the tracks possess characteristics suggesting these creatures walked heel-to-toe – as modern humans do today.