Prehistoric human footprints reveal a rare snapshot of ancient human group behavior
- Written by William E.H. Harcourt-Smith, Research Associate, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, and Associate Professor in Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
Footprints, preserved in solidified ash, hint at human behavior from as long as 19,000 years ago.Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, CC BY-NDWhen it comes to reconstructing how ancient creatures lived, palaeontologistslike us are as much detectives as we are scientists.
We’re used to partial evidence, dead ends and red herrings. It’s especially...
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