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2014-02-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Earliest Human Footprints Outside Africa Found in Britain

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Posted by Fred 2014-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Was he coming or going ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-09 02:50|| 2014-02-09 02:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect they were already fighting on the beaches.

Posted by Shipman 2014-02-09 03:22|| 2014-02-09 03:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah'm not the smartest guy in the room, but it looks like erosion to me.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-02-09 09:04|| 2014-02-09 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 The researchers estimated that the height of the ancient humans who left the prints varied from about 0.9 meters to over 1.7 meters

They had the metric system way back then? Who knew!

Posted by SteveS 2014-02-09 10:37|| 2014-02-09 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Mammoths were around as late as 8000 years ago.

http://juneauempire.com/stories/061804/sta_akmammoth.shtml

Did the feller forget to carry naught twice?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2014-02-09 11:35|| 2014-02-09 11:35|| Front Page Top

#6 There's nothing like a vacation at the beach. Did they find a fossilized pail and shovel? Beach ball?. Lounge chair?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-02-09 12:22|| 2014-02-09 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 The footprints were likely made by Piltdown man or one of his relatives.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-02-09 12:31|| 2014-02-09 12:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Looking at the pix @ the link, while the footprints are not pristine, I guess the tree huggers are right about plastic lasting forever; just look how well preserved that lens cover is....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-02-09 21:11|| 2014-02-09 21:11|| Front Page Top

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