FAQ About Mary Leakey
What are the Laetoli footprints?
The Laetoli footprints are a set of ancient hominin footprints preserved in volcanic ash, discovered by Mary Leakey and her team in 1978 at the Laetoli site in Tanzania. These footprints, estimated to be about 3.6 million years old, are crucial evidence of bipedal locomotion in early human ancestors, specifically Australopithecus afarensis. They provide insight into the gait and social behavior of these early humans.
