Post by vilnoori on Oct 16, 2008 0:16:03 GMT -5
environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14924-devils-trails-are-worlds-oldest-human-footprints.html?feedId=earth_rss20
I'm going to post the picture permanently here in case the link goes down in future:
They were laid down in volcanic ash in Italy and have been confirmed as Homo heidelbergensis. The tracks seem very large and familiar to me!
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edit to add:
This article was linked from the previous one, it has a couple of dates to these footprints found in Mexico. One date says about 40,000 years old, another says 1.3 MILLION years old. And they are New World!
www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn7627--footprints-rewrite-history-of-first-americans.html
I'm going to post the picture permanently here in case the link goes down in future:
They were laid down in volcanic ash in Italy and have been confirmed as Homo heidelbergensis. The tracks seem very large and familiar to me!
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edit to add:
This article was linked from the previous one, it has a couple of dates to these footprints found in Mexico. One date says about 40,000 years old, another says 1.3 MILLION years old. And they are New World!
www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn7627--footprints-rewrite-history-of-first-americans.html