Thursday, July 07, 2005

Footprints

Matt Mullenix sends news of some possible pre- Clovis footprints preserved in volcanic rock in Mexico. Most authorities are skeptical, but express openness to seeing the new evidence. Pre- Clovis Americans, if they existed, seem to have left little BUT footprints so far. Maybe Matt has the answer: "Hmmmmm. makes you wonder if the first large mammal species slaughtered into extinction by human immigrants from Asia was.....an earlier human immigrant from Asia".

1 comment:

Reid Farmer said...

The BBC has a more comprehensive treatment of this at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4650307.stm