Five hominin footprints from Site A at Laetoli, Tanzania and contour maps; Tanzania map; and topographical maps of A2 and A3 footprints. (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Five hominin footprints from Site A at Laetoli, Tanzania and contour maps; Tanzania map; and topographical maps of A2 and A3 footprints.

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Model of Laetoli Site A using photogrammetry showing five hominin footprints (a); and corresponding contour map of the site at Laetoli, Tanzania, generated from a 3D surface scan (b); map showing Laetoli, which is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania, south of Olduvai Gorge (c); topographical maps of A2 footprint (d) and A3 footprint (e).

Credit

Images (a) and (b) by Austin C. Hill and Catherine Miller. Image (c): Illustration using GoogleMaps by Ellison McNutt. Images (d) and (e) by Stephen Gaughan and James Adams.

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