23,000 Year Old Footprints Found In US: New Chapter In Human History
Ancient footprints have been found in the United States dating back 23,000 years, implying that people inhabited North America much before the end of the last Ice Age, as per a study published in the journal Science on September 23. The footprints were discovered in silt on the shores of a long-dried-up lake, now part of the New Mexico desert. Reportedly, the sediments were marked and solidified into hard rock.
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New Human Species Discovered Resembling Mankind 'Dragon Man'
A skull, recently discovered in North-Eastern China represents a new species of ancient people, resembling humans than Neanderthals. Scientists revealed that the skull conserved for more than 140,000 years, can alter the basic understanding of human evolution. The Researchers' team calls the species as 'Homo longi' or 'Dragon Man', because of its origin of discovery.
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