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Trail of Laetoli footprints

Trail of hominid footprints fossilized in volcanic ash. This 70 metre trail was found by Mary Leakey's expedition at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978. It dates from 3.6 million years & shows that hominids had acquired the upright, bipedal, free- striding gait of modern man by this date. The trail probably belongs to Australopithecus afarensis & dates from 3.7 to 3.0 million years ago. The footprints show a well developed arch to the foot & no divergence of the big toe. They are of two adults with possibly a third set belonging to a child who walked in the footsteps of one of the adults

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BTCC 1993: Silverstone

SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 28: Steve Soper, BMW Motorsport Team, BMW 318i, leads Joachim Winkelhock, BMW Motorsport Team, BMW 318i during the Silverstone at Silverstone Circuit on March 28, 1993 in Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. (Photo by LAT Images)

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