Footprints offer clues about daily hominid life

Impressions show watering hole was a popular gathering spot for human ancestors, many other animals

ST. LOUIS — A good 1.5 million years before spring break or the America’s Cup, guys liked to cluster by the water. Male hominids living in East Africa that long ago hung out in groups by a large lake that also attracted a variety of animals, researchers reported March 27 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.