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Oldest Human Footprints found on Italian Volcano

Thursday 13th March 2003
Scientists in Italy said on Wednesday they have uncovered what are thought to be the oldest footprints of primitive humans. The fossilized hand and footprints, known locally in Italy as the "devils' trails," belong to three early humans who were probably climbing down the side of the Roccamonfina volcano in southern Italy about 385,000 to 325,000 years ago. They were made by primitive humans that walked upright with a free-standing gait and used their hands to steady themselves. Three tracks with prints show curve or zigzag patterns. The prints, embedded in fossilized volcanic ash, are about 8 inches long and 4 inches wide and belonged to primitive humans who were about 4 feet, 11 inches tall. Hominoid footprints 3.5 million years old have been found in petrified volcanic ash at Laetoli in northern Tanzania, but these belong to a member of the human family.



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