Science: Oldest Human Footprints Found

Society | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00

The oldest human footprints have been found in volcanic ash in Italy, according to a research published by Nature journal.

They were made by individuals scrambling down the flanks of an active volcano about 350,000 years ago.

Italian scientists, who identified three separate fossilised trackways, say the people that made them walked on two feet using their hands only to steady themselves on a difficult descent.

Experts said the prints were probably made by Homo heidelbergensis , a forerunner of Neanderthals, that dominated Europe at this time.

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