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[[File:Happisburgh_footprints.jpg|thumb|300px|Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK.]]The '''Happisburgh footprints''' were a set of fossilized hominin footprints that date to the early Pleistocene.  
[[File:Happisburgh_footprints.jpg|thumb|300px|Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK.]]The '''Happisburgh footprints''' were a set of fossilized hominin footprints that date to the early Pleistocene.  
== Description ==


They were discovered in May 2013 in a newly uncovered sediment layer on a beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, England, and were destroyed by the tide shortly afterwards.
They were discovered in May 2013 in a newly uncovered sediment layer on a beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, England, and were destroyed by the tide shortly afterwards.
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They are the oldest known hominin footprints outside Africa.
They are the oldest known hominin footprints outside Africa.
== In the News ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Happisburgh footprint irredentism]]
* [[Happisburgh footprint irredentism]]


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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Happisburgh_footprints Happisburgh footprints] @ wiki.karljones.com
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happisburgh_footprints Happisburgh footprints] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happisburgh_footprints Happisburgh footprints] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Archaeology (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Archaeology (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 04:22, 28 October 2021

Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK.

The Happisburgh footprints were a set of fossilized hominin footprints that date to the early Pleistocene.

They were discovered in May 2013 in a newly uncovered sediment layer on a beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, England, and were destroyed by the tide shortly afterwards.

Results of research on the footprints were announced on 7 February 2014, and identified them as dating to more than 800,000 years ago.

They are the oldest known hominin footprints outside Africa.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links