Pliocene footprints in the Laetolil Beds at Laetoli, northern Tanzania
NaturePublished 1 March 1979
Mary D. Leakey, Richard L. Hay
Citations486
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Abstract
Recent excavation of the tuffs of the Laetolil Beds in Tanzania has revealed the presence of a large variety of footprints from the Pliocene. Many of these prints can be correlated with fossilised remains of Pliocene animals found in the same area.
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