As reported on The Local in Italy, History.com, and Archaeology Magazine, researchers from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and the National Museum of Eritrea have announced the discovery of fossil footprints likely dating to 800,000 years ago. The researchers contend that these footprints, found in the northern Danakil Depression of Eritrea, are probably those of Homo erectus.
Fossil footprints discovered in Eritrea