CALGARY, Alberta — Hominids that left footprints in volcanic ash at Laetoli, Tanzania 3.6 million years ago walked differently than people today do, Kevin Hatala, an anthropologist George ...

Ancient footprints yield oldest signs of upright gait. Human ancestors may have been walking with an efficient, extended-leg technique by 3.6 million years ago ...

A team of scientists in Chile say they’ve found a human footprint that dates back more than 15,000 years – the oldest one ever found in the Americas.

A series of fossilised footprints could push back the origins of true life on land by as much as 40 million years. The Devonian, which lasted from around 420 to 359 million years ago, was a landmark ...