Stone Age Footwork: Ancient Human Prints Turn Up Down Under

Science News ^ | 1-7-2006 | Bruce Bower

[xmission]

When I was young I put a bathtub spout in my moms purse. Three weeks later I had to tell her it was in there!

[wildbill]

How can you tell from a footprint that it was made by a woman?

uh...she was wearing high-heel sandals?

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Women on average have higher arches in additional to narrower feet. I'm no expert but I bet this is the factor.

[blam]

"Humans left Africa 60,000 years ago,a nd were in Australia by 50,000 years ago. These prints are less than half that old."

Ahem. Humans left Africa 90,000 years ago and were in Australia 60,000 year ago.

[Bubbatuck]

heheh... There are different assessments. I used National Geographic's. The 60,000 year figure is quoted here.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html

But naturally, this is a field still under study, and different researchers have different timelines.

[SunkenCiv]

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