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Early footprints re-analysed as bipedal hominin’s

Around 3.6 million years ago in Laetoli, Northern Tanzania, a volcanic eruption spewed out ash and soot that came to settle in the plains below, thickening into a layer of mud for a few days. This would prove a boon for

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