Keywords:
plaster, footprints, hominids, experimental archaeologyAbstract
In this project, previous experimental studies on human footprints are analyzed and a series of experiments are carried out using plaster. Some footprints are made walking, others carrying weight and others running to analyze the differences between them and compare them with the oldest hominid footprints found, those of Laetoli.
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