Geo answer
Today we were looking for a desert lake in Africa where scientists recently discovered a set of footprints that’s one-point-five million years old. The answer is Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from anthropologist John Harris, a member of the team that uncovered the prints.
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