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Scientists find 800,000-year-old footprints in UK
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | February 7, 2014 | JILL LAWLESS

Posted on 02/08/2014 10:55:20 AM PST by artichokegrower

LONDON (AP) — They were a British family on a day out — almost a million years ago.

Archaeologists announced Friday that they have discovered human footprints in England that are between 800,000 and 1 million years old — the most ancient found outside Africa, and the earliest evidence of human life in northern Europe.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; fauxiantrolls; footprints; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; paleontology; trackway; trackways; unitedkingdom
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To: artichokegrower

Wandering around looking for a dentist, no doubt.


21 posted on 02/08/2014 2:18:33 PM PST by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Oh now that’s as clear as mud.


22 posted on 02/08/2014 2:56:05 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: artichokegrower

BFRO Team: “That’s a squatch!”


23 posted on 02/08/2014 3:03:55 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: editor-surveyor
Here's the area in a larger photo...

Note that they are saying it's a MILLION years old, so in other words in a million years these prints have been completely devoid of erosion....on a beach...around sand and wind...and a boardwalk...in England, which has ice and snow....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140207-ancient-human-footprints-outside-africa-england-anthropology-science/

This qualifies for the Al Gore award of hoax of the month.

24 posted on 02/08/2014 6:33:05 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’m sure that they took special care not to disturb this important resource as they built that wharf too!
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25 posted on 02/08/2014 7:31:52 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: artichokegrower

Piltdown man was here.


26 posted on 02/08/2014 7:57:01 PM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
What gets me is where are they seeing these human footprints? The only thing that slightly resembles a footprint is the one to the right of the Canon lens cap, but that could be anything. A freakin' rock could have made that.

That's what I was thinking. Where are any indentations for the toes or heel, or were they wearing bedroom slippers?

27 posted on 02/08/2014 8:07:22 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

It’s at the wharf, they were wearing their Sperry Topsiders.


28 posted on 02/08/2014 8:43:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Makes perfect sense.


29 posted on 02/08/2014 8:50:36 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: artichokegrower
Thanks artichokegrower. Earlier on FR:

30 posted on 02/09/2014 8:30:50 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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