A human footprint believed to be the oldest ever found in Americas discovered in Chile – researchers
An ancient footprint is pictured, having formed cracks due to desiccation after being extracted from its original site, in Osorno, Chile sometime in April 2019.
A 15,600-year old footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas, according to researchers. Scientists then worked for years to rule out the possibility that the print may have belonged to some other species of animal, and to determine the fossil’s estimated age.Karen Moreno, a palaeontologist with the Universidad Austral who has overseen the studies, said researchers had also found bones of animals near the site, including those of primitive elephants, but determined that the footprint was evidence of human presence.
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