Laetoli

The Lower Paleolithic site of Laetoli in Tanzania is famous for its human footprints, preserved in volcanic ash (Site G). The site is located 45 km south of Olduvai.

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Picture found at http://encarta.msn.com/media_461543938_761566394_-1_1/Footprints_From_the_Past.html

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This is a picture or the footprints preserved at the site. Note that the heel most likely struck first and then the big toe was used to push off, like modern humans.

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Tanzania: The United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania in Swahili), or Tanzania, is a country on the east coast of east Africa. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the so...

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