The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers that were 50 million years old . A team excavated the site between 2006 and 2008 . `` The size , spacing and depth of the impressions were the basis of estimates of weight , stride and gait , all found to be within the range of modern humans . '' 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 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 .