Prints Are Evidence of Modern Foot in Prehumans

nytimes ^ | February 26, 2009 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

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[aruanan]

Homo maybe but modern NO. Humans in flesh did not exist during this time period.

If there were indisputable means of dating a footprint that looked entirely like a modern human footprint at 1.5 millions years, you would devise some reason the results couldn't be accepted because of your preexisting assumptions of what could or could not have been making prints at that time.

[FrogMom]

You didn’t mention the thong, which you can deduce from the gait.

[count-your-change]

Ha! Your right, a pair of boxers would be worth a whole lota rocks. cheers!

[null and void]

[ummm, “Homo” means “Man”]

[null and void]

Ah. Quest for Fire!

[wildbill]

And he had bunions and plantar fasciatis.

And the long stride was from hopping through a field of hot volcanic ash.

“Ooh, ah, Ooooh, oh, oh, Oooh, ooh, AAAAHHHHH.

[Just mythoughts]

If there were indisputable means of dating a footprint that looked entirely like a modern human footprint at 1.5 millions years, you would devise some reason the results couldn't be accepted because of your preexisting assumptions of what could or could not have been making prints at that time.

When that indisputable methodology of dating anything over a few thousand years is accomplished I guess we can chat.

[Just mythoughts]

[ummm, “Homo” means “Man”]

lol not in this day and age.

[Fred Nerks]

And the long stride was from hopping through a field of hot volcanic ash.

agreed, and he/she/it was running, that's why the heels didn't touch the ground...

[bert]

The best evidence is that hair color was brown

[pabianice]

Actually, if you turn it upside down, it is clearly a baby octopus...

[aruanan]

When that indisputable methodology of dating anything over a few thousand years is accomplished I guess we can chat.

Which means that you're in an even more tenuous position than you thought.

[Little Ray]

Where’s the heel? That could be a slightly distorted paw print. (Or he could have been running like heck....)

[bigheadfred]

It’s about 6,000 years old

Is that AC, BC, BCE, DC, ADD, or HDHC?

I'm so confused...

[FixedandDilated]

ACDC? It is confusing, isn’t it?

[gleeaikin]

Yes there are definitely 4 toes including the big one which is also called a toe, not a foot thumb. I wonder if the one next to the big toe might have been injured?

[Ole Okie]

Just looking at that print anyone can see it was a male with black bushy hair and dark skin, plus a mole on the left cheek. Oh, and the print was made on the week end.

Alley Oop on his weekly date with Oona.

Or King Guz?

[count-your-change]

I liked the old Alley Oop comic strip. Not many really funny ones around anymore. Wizard of ID too. But then I think the ‘55 Chevy was one of the best cars around.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Coins or wheels for an early SUV?