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Old 26-July-2006, 09:35 PM
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About 20,000 years ago, humans trekked along the margins of a shallow lake in Australia, leaving behind records of their passage in the soft, wet sand.

In 2003, an aboriginal woman who is likely a descendant of those early Australians stumbled across dozens of timeworn footprints in the same area. Excavations of the site have since uncovered hundreds more.

The discovery, detailed in a recent issue of the Journal of Human Evolution, represents the largest collection of Pleistocene human footprints in the world, and the only footprints from that era ever found in Australia. In total, 457 footprints have now been uncovered.

"The preservation is just remarkable," said study team member Matthew Cupper of the University of Melbourne in Australia. "You can see quite clearly how mud oozes between the toes."
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"The preservation is just remarkable," said study team member Matthew Cupper of the University of Melbourne in Australia. "You can see quite clearly how mud oozes between the toes."
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And if there had been Texans back then you would have to look for fossilized cowflops to get their footprints.
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Are we sure these footprints weren't made by dinosaurs that just happened to have footprints that look human?
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Thanks for the link ToSeek.

Interesting that the now barren Willandra Lakes area was wet and wild during the ice age.
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One of those pictures looks suspiciously like those chintzy BigFoot hoax prints. Think somebody planted some Sasquatch prints 20,000 years ago? :-)
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