image: This is a series of contour maps comparing the anatomy of different footprint populations compared in the paper. Left to right: the print at Laetoli (probably Australopithecus afarensis); the prints at FwJj14E and GaJi10 (which are Homo erectus); the prints of Homo sapiens. This image accompanied the report "Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya," by M.R. Bennett et. al. appearing in the Feb. 27, 2009, issue of Science. view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Professor Matthew Bennett, Bournemouth University, via <i>Science</i>/AAAS