Italian team unearths 800k year old Homo Erectus footprint
A team of Italian researchers have possibly uncovered the oldest ever fossilized footprint left behind by modern man's early ancestor, Homo Erectus.
The prints are thought to date back some 800,000 years and were unearthed in the desserts of south eastern Eritrea. “The footprints will reveal a lot about the evolution of man, because they provide vital clues as to our ancestors gait and locomotion,” Explained Alfredo Coppa, the Italian archaeologist from Rome's Sapienza university who led the dig.
Coppa and his Italian colleagues were working with researchers from Eritrea's National Museum when they unearthed a 26 m2 slab of stone containing the footprints.
Today the area lies
A team of Italian researchers have possibly uncovered the oldest ever fossilized footprint left behind by modern man's early ancestor, Homo Erectus.
The prints are thought to date back some 800,000 years and were unearthed in the desserts of south eastern Eritrea. “The footprints will reveal a lot about the evolution of man, because they provide vital clues as to our ancestors gait and locomotion,” Explained Alfredo Coppa, the Italian archaeologist from Rome's Sapienza university who led the dig.
Coppa and his Italian colleagues were working with researchers from Eritrea's National Museum when they unearthed a 26 m2 slab of stone containing the footprints.
Today the area lies