FLINTSTONE FOURSOMES Neanderthal men were followed around by randy women and enjoyed four-way sex sessions, 3.7m-year-old footprints reveal *** ANCIENT men had multiple sexual partners who followed in tow as they roamed the birthplace of humanity, scientists have claimed. Newly discovered footprints dating back to 3.7 MILLION years ago show a 5.5ft-tall stud walking with what experts say could be his harem of female admirers. The thirteen prints left in volcanic ash in eastern Africa suggest he was the tallest person yet discovered from a primitive prehuman species. Named S1, he towered over his clan of up to three wives and their several children who left marks in the ground nearby, archaeologists found. The tracks are the oldest evidence of the existence of a species named Australopithecus afarensis, a forerunner to neanderthal humans. In November, scientists made the groundbreaking discovery of ‘Lucy’, the near-complete skeleton a 3ft-tall female member of the mysterious species in Ethiopia. This latest find by a team of Italian scientists sheds new light on the sex lives of our ancient ancestors. A 2003 study by researchers from Penn State University suggested A afarensis only had one sexual partner. Using sexual activity data from modern humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas, they concluded that “the reproductive strategy of A afarensis was principally monogamy.” They were found at Laetoli, a site made famous in the 1970s for providing the earliest evidence of prehumans walking upright on two feet. Measurements of the prints allowed scientists to conclude that S1 weighed just over 7 stone and loomed at least 8 inches over his wives. Dr Marco Cherin, who also worked on the study, said: “A tentative conclusion is that the group consisted of one male, two or three females, and one or two juveniles, which leads us to believe that the male — and therefore other males in the species – had more than one female mate.” But some have cast doubt on S1’s height. Philip Reno, who worked on the 2003 Penn State study, said the 5.5ft figure is “in the right ballpark” but it was unlikely S1 was taller than examples found in Ethiopia. | The Sun
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