The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers that were 50 million years old . A team excavated the site between 2006 and 2008 . The prints show a big toe similar to other toes , unlike that of apes . The first hominid to have had same foot ##prints as modern day sapiens .
The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers that were 1.5 million years old . A team excavated the site between 2006 and 2008 . The prints show a big toe parallel to other toes , unlike that of apes . Believed first hominid to have had same body proportions as modern Homo sapiens .