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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. | ||
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. | ||
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* [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:Archaeology (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Archaeology (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 08:53, 24 June 2016
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:
- Happisburgh footprints @ Wikipedia