The trackway of three footprints was found on the surface of a cemented sand dune (called an aeolianite) near Langebaan on South Africa’s west coast.
These two tracks, discovered in what is today the ceiling of a small cave, are a remarkable find for three reasons:
Graffiti in aeolianites at Langebaan. Some potential human tracks have been destroyed by such graffiti. Picture: Charles Helm. The majority of such tracks are found in cave floor deposits or volcanic ash sediments; the South African sites, which were made on dunes and beaches, are an exception. And the third is that this find, made within kilometres of those Roberts discovered in 1995, supports his conclusion that a human ancestor left “Eve’s footprints”.
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