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The Oldest Human Footprints Ever Discovered Outside of Africa Have Already Been Washed Away

10-2-2014 < Red Ice Creations 194 66 words
 

Last May, researchers made an astounding discovery in Happisburgh, a coastal town in Norfolk, England: a collection of 850,000 to 950,000-year-old human footprints. The discovery ranked as the oldest human footprints ever found outside of Africa, The Guardian reports—around 345,000 years older than a pair of prints found in Italy. But, in addition to housing this archeological wonder, Happisburgh also ...
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