Footprint found in Chile is 'oldest' in Americas: scientists

[Judi Lynn]

APRIL 28, 2019

Scientists in Chile say they have found a footprint dating from at least 15,600 years ago, making it the earliest such sign of man's presence in the Americas.

The footprint was found at the Pilauco excavation in the city of Osorno (820 kilometers, or 500 miles, south of Santiago), where scientists have been digging since 2007.

Archeologists from the Austral University of Chile said the footprint was first spotted in 2011 next to a house. It took years for paleontologist Karen Moreno and geologist Mario Pino to reliably confirm that the print was human.

"There are other human footprints in the Americas," Pino told the Osorno newspaper El Austral, "but none has been dated as far back."

More:
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-footprint-chile-oldest-americas-scientists.html

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Looks like he's missing toes.

[Sunlei]

2. missing toes & some cave paintings of hand prints have broken & missing fingers.

Not an easy life back then

[Sunlei]

3. seems like denovosians and clovis man lived on the further south they migrated.

the meteor strikes on Greenland (recent) & Yucatan peninsula (very ancient) seems like they flattened(mass extinctions) most of the USA lands & creatures.