Footprints from 350,000 B.C

[red_jon]

Re: Footprints from 350,000 B.C

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Pretty cool.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/884221.asp?0dm=C13IT#BODY

March 12 — Italian scientists have discovered three fossilized trails of footprints that early humans left about 350,000 years ago as they descended the treacherous flanks of an active volcano. The scientists believe the footprints are the oldest such prints ever uncovered of Paleolithic humans, who preceded modern humans.

Wow, stupid people existed back then too.

[Joseph]

I believe in the Bible, but not anymore in the 6 days as we know a day (24 hours). God made the Earth and all life as we know life. However what is a day in the life of God. 24 hours or 24 million years. We just don't know or maybe we would not understand if we did know. I think the early writer of the bible put down what they felt early man could understand. Remember man did not know Earth was a planet until when? Somebody else look it up.

[St Leo]

Could be of Neanderthals, since current theory does not have modern Humans coming out of Africa until 200,000 years later.

Neanderthals are fairly modern.

My bets are on Homo habilis or some variant thereof.

[johncmcleod]

I love evolution, especially human evolution. It has always fascinated me for some reason. If I could travel to any time in our world it would be to visit our ancestors.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by GePap
Could be of Neanderthals, since current theory does not have modern Humans coming out of Africa until 200,000 years later.

Neanderthal footprints are generally distinguishable due to their weight distribution, since they were much heavier (30-50%) on average.

[Dinner]

Am I the only one who gets irked about them calling these early human foot prints? Clearly they weren't made by humans but by hominids (human like apes). Neither Homo erectus or Homo heidelbergensis are modern Homo sapiens.

[Berzerker]

Leo - Habilis lived 2 million years ago, these prints must be from Neandertal or it's immediate predecessor. Neandertals were heavily built but not very tall. These could have been women...

[Berzerker]

Clearly they weren't made by humans but by hominids (human like apes).

"Human like apes"? Sure, more heavily built than modern humans, but "apes"? Neandertals had braincases similar in size to modern humans, about triple the size of apes.

[Dinner]

These weren't Neandertals; the article said they were most likely erectus or heidelbergensis. Hominids are in the genus Homo but the species is different from humans that's why I called them human like but not human.

[Ben Kenobi]

Another damned evilutionist lie!!!!

0.00001/10 Boris.

I'm surprised to see 3 seperate trolls on this one issue.

All the lures are flashing in the water.

The scientists believe the footprints are the oldest such prints ever uncovered of Paleolithic humans, who preceded modern humans.

Very cool slowwhand.

[St Leo]

"Human like apes"? Sure, more heavily built than modern humans, but "apes"? Neandertals had braincases similar in size to modern humans, about triple the size of apes.

IMHO, humans are human-like apes.

[Berzerker]

Oerdin -

These weren't Neandertals; the article said they were most likely erectus or heidelbergensis.

They don't know what hominid made the prints, only the approximate age. Erectus appears to have made it into Europe and Heidelbergensis is considered somewhat of a link between Erectus and Neandertal, but the age of the prints is close to the boundary for Neandertal and Heidelbergensis. Like I said, the prints were probably Neandertal or it's immediate predecessor.

Hominids are in the genus Homo but the species is different from humans that's why I called them human like but not human.

Human is the term for modern homo sapien sapiens (us) and the hominids on the branch leading to us.