Holocene hominin footprints in Namibia

	Fossil footprints not only provide anatomical information from the shapes and depths of the depressions, but they also yield important information about an individual's gait and locomotive style. Footprints also have a more immediate and emotive impact, as they provide direct evidence of the passage of one of our ancestors. This project examines a recent (Holocene) complex of footprint sites from the Kuiseb Delta in Namibia, which not only has a remarkable level of preservation, but also a density of prints like no other site reported to date. The sites date to various periods within the Holocene and show varying behavior and faunal associations.
Collaborators:	Collaborators in Namibia:
Matthew Bennett, University of Bournemouth, UK Cynthia M. Liutkus, Appalachian State University Juliet McClymont, RSA Sarita Morse, University of Liverpool, UK Dominic Stratford, RSA J. Francis Thackeray, Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witswatersrand, RSA	Fanie du Preez, Kuiseb Delta Adventures John Kinahan, Namibian Arcaheological Survey Chris Lourens, Free Air Guesthouse

Fossil footprints not only provide anatomical information from the shapes and depths of the depressions, but they also yield important information about an individual's gait and locomotive style. Footprints also have a more immediate and emotive impact, as they provide direct evidence of the passage of one of our ancestors.

This project examines a recent (Holocene) complex of footprint sites from the Kuiseb Delta in Namibia, which not only has a remarkable level of preservation, but also a density of prints like no other site reported to date. The sites date to various periods within the Holocene and show varying behavior and faunal associations.