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Footprints Discovered at Trachilos, Crete Date from 5.7 Million Years Ago

2018-07-31 by Phil Butler

Crete footprints

Dr. Per Ahlberg and a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have identified fossilized humanoid footprints in a small area near Trachilos, Crete. Fossil footprints in a track laid down almost 6 million years ago suggest a humanoid or previously unknown primate presence on the Aegean island. The scientists say the animal or ancient human responsible for the prints was probably claw-less and bipedal, walked on the soles of its feet, and had other hominin-like characteristics.

Tags: ancient Crete, anthropology, apes, crete, Crete geology, EDEN, El Graeco, geology, Gerard Gierlinski, hominids, Immanuel Velikovsky, Palaeontology, paleolithic Crete, pre-history, Stone Age

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