First Steps at Laetoli by Origin Stories published on 2022-05-18T02:47:28Z In this episode, we explore five strange fossilized footprints found by Mary Leakey at the site of Laetoli in Tanzania. Decades after their original discovery, these footprints have revealed a new story about our ancient ancestors that expands our understanding of how hominins moved and who they interacted with. This episode was produced by Ray Pang and Meredith Johnson. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Theme music by Henry Nagle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Lee Roservere. This episode was generously sponsored by Jim Carty and Pat Randall. Jim is a long-time supporter of The Leakey Foundation who actually volunteered to work at Laeotli in the 1980s to help figure out a way to preserve the Laetoli footprints.