An international team of researchers led by Matthew Stewart have discovered human footprints in an ancient lake deposit in the Nefud desert in Saudi Arabia. Footprints of some animals, such as elephants, camels, and horses were also found. The footprints are estimated to be 112,000-121,000 years old.
“We immediately realised the potential of these findings,” says Stewart. “Footprints are a unique form of fossil evidence in that they provide snapshots in time, typically representing a few hours or days, a resolution we tend not get from other records.”
From the size and orientation of the human footprints, there were likely two or three individuals travelling together.
Learn more details about this study over at Cosmos Magazine.
It’s amazing how some footprints could give us a glimpse of the past.
(Image Credit: Klint Janulis/ Cosmos)
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and if you look really, really hard, you can see the "Nike' imprint in the middle. Just to the left of the face of Jesus.
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not entirely sure thats a foot print but ill take their word for it
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