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Anthropology

wnylib

(24,506 posts) Sat May 20, 2023, 03:59 PM May 2023

300,000 year old footprints of human ancestors in Germany.

https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-examples-of-human-footprints-hint-at-our-ancestors-lives-300000-years-ago

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300,000 year old footprints of human ancestors in Germany. (Original Post) wnylib May 2023 OP

So fucking cool jpak May 2023 #1

Heidelberg people are extinct? GreenWave May 2023 #2

We probably wouldn't stare at them on a subway Warpy May 2023 #3

Flat footed!!! Karadeniz May 2023 #4

jpak

(41,780 posts)

1. So fucking cool

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 04:22 PM

May 2023

Yup

GreenWave

(9,262 posts)

2. Heidelberg people are extinct?

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 04:48 PM

May 2023

My old watering hole was the Heidelberg! But alas only Homo Sapiens sapiens were patrons.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

3. We probably wouldn't stare at them on a subway

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #2)

Sat May 20, 2023, 06:13 PM

May 2023

except they were taller than most of us and had larger heads that held bigger brains.

The fossil record in NW Africa shows we evolved 300,000 years ago, but barely and probably not in sufficient numbers to get to Europe.

Karadeniz

(23,442 posts)

4. Flat footed!!!

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 11:46 PM

May 2023

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