Possible 2mya Footprint Found In Egypt
- From: Rich Travsky <traRvEsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:58:56 -0600
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6956902.stm
Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human
footprint ever found.
The outline was found imprinted in mud, which has since turned to stone, at Siwa
oasis in the western desert.
"This could go back about two million years," antiquities council chief Zahi
Hawass was quoted by Reuters as saying.
However Khaled Saad, director of pre-history at the council, said it could be
older still, and pre-date Ethiopia's 3m-year-old skeleton, Lucy.
Lucy, discovered in 1974 in Hadar, Ethiopia, is an extinct Australopithecus
afarensis hominid estimated to be 3.2 million years old.
....
Commenting on the new discovery - which has yet to be reviewed by independent
scientists - Mr Hawass said: "It could be the most important discovery in
Egypt."
....
I think they're getting excited too soon. Hopefully the review will bear it out.
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