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Where were the Laetoli footprints discovered?

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Side view illustration of Australopithecus afarensis, an early human ancestor, shown walking upright with a hairy body and ape-like facial features. A scale beside the figure marks 12 inches and 40 centimeters. — Australopithecus Artist's rendering of *Australopithecus afarensis*, which lived from 3.8 to 2.9 million years ago.

The famous Laetoli footprints were discovered at Laetoli, a paleoanthropological site located in northern Tanzania. The site is situated approximately 40 km (25 miles) from Olduvai Gorge.1

These remarkably humanlike footprints, which are preserved in volcanic sediments dated to 3.56 million years ago, are believed to have been made by Australopithecus afarensis and possibly another hominin species.1