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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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4-Year-Old Wales Girl Spots 220 Mn Years Old Footprint Of Dinosaur
In what could be called as a unique discovery, a four-year-old girl Lily Wilder discovered a well-preserved footprint of a dinosaur on a Wales beach. The National Museum Wales said the 10-cm long footprint likely from a 75-cm tall dinosaur was about 220-million years old. Though the type of dinosaur is not clear, scientists believe that it should help in knowing how they walked.
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