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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(117,115 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:37 PM Dec 31

Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn't Be

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age.

Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

These human prints were surrounded by animals but not hunted animals, indicating humans were just thirsty.

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say. The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/archaeologists-found-115-000-old-142700632.html

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Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn't Be (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 31 OP

I love all these discoveries. Biophilic Dec 31 #1

the world keeps on turning. WhiteTara Dec 31 #3

Same here. LisaM Dec 31 #4

Who says they shouldn't be there? paleotn Dec 31 #2

There was a very old sign saying, "No shoes, no shirts, no service" tclambert Dec 31 #5

. . . Dem2theMax Dec 31 #6

A Trump wall would have kept them out. keithbvadu2 Dec 31 #7

Apparently, even back then,... LudwigPastorius Jan 1 #8

Biophilic

(5,111 posts)

1. I love all these discoveries.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 08:43 PM

Dec 31

Somehow it lifts up my spirits that inspite of all the political insanity there are still others slowly and methodically seeking answers from our past. I’m not quite sure why but it helps me balance the insanity of the present.

WhiteTara

(30,262 posts)

3. the world keeps on turning.

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:50 PM

Dec 31

The sun keeps coming up, and although we may decimate all life on earth, the universe will create the next iteration of life.

LisaM

(28,819 posts)

4. Same here.

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 09:51 PM

Dec 31

I am really interested in how cross-cultural disciplines are finding out more and more about the past.

One fascinating thing is that in some cases, less is known about relatively calm periods than the turbulent ones (and how human history has been about cruelty, tribalism, and greed at times, and at other times, great art and discovery).