Oldest footprints around the world

[DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves]

Tranchilos footprints not shown, nor are the beach footprints from Namibia, both should have at least got a mention.

https://nutcrackerman.com/2014/10/14/the-oldest-human-footprints-by-continent/amp/?__twitter_impression=true


Also
New chamber in Gibralter cave found, sealed for 40ka.

[Mario Petrinovic]

Yes, I am really tired of all this idioticity. Humans are idiots. And
this includes scientists:
"When Gierliński and his team tried to publish the study, they
received harsh criticism due to the findings going against the widely
accepted hypothesis of early hominins or primates evolving in Africa
alone. According to the study, the Trachilos footprints may represent an
early hominin or primate species that may have evolved hominin-like feet
independently, outside of Africa. This suggests the possibility of
convergent evolution. The theory of convergent evolution suggests the
possibility of two or more different species adapting similar traits and
characteristics to each other, resulting in a similar species. However,
the theory is not well supported in this case, as there is no concrete
evidence to suggest the theory results in perfect copies of traits or a
whole species. As convergent evolution is not scientifically supported,
there were doubts if the tracks were footprints at all. This resulted in
rejections from many scientific journals when offered to publish the
study's findings.
In an interview at the CBC News, researchers claimed that while they
were trying to publish their work about the footprints at high-profile
publications they got "ferociously aggressive responses", criticism and
rejection from reviewers and editors. According to the researchers
“Basically, it wasn't a true peer review process at all,” “They were
just trying to shut us down.” After multiple rejections from other
publications, the study was eventually published in the journal,
"Proceedings of the Geologists' Association."
Shortly after the research about the footprints was published, eight
prints were chiselled out of the rock and stolen. According to
Protothema.gr, the culprit was a high school teacher, who was later
arrested by Crete authorities at Kasteli, Chania. The prints were later
found in his house and on a farm."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachilos_footprints
So, the question is, why would anybody bother, at all? Somebody can
only get ill, because of all this stupidity targeted on him.

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[Mario Petrinovic]

Oh, thankfully, they don't burn smart people anymore. But, in the
future, who knows?

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[I Envy JTEM]

DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

> Tranchilos footprints not shown, nor are the beach footprints from Namibia, both should have at least got a mention.
>
> https://nutcrackerman.com/2014/10/14/the-oldest-human-footprints-by-continent/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The first one is extremely problematic, as it's associated with Acheulean technology
yet the prints are identified as Australopithecus afarensis...

It's placing Acheulean technology back further than 3.5 million years!

There's another MASSIVE conflict between example #3 and #4:

#3: "The footprints are indistinguishable from our own."

They identify them as erectus.

But then...

#4. "Called Eve’s footprint, because they are the oldest known footprints of an anatomically-modern human."

But this is literally impossible, this distinction. I mean, THEY ONLY JUST SAID that you can't
tell erectus footprints from "anatomically-modern human" prints, and then they turn around
and claim that the next prints were left by anatomically-modern humans.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT LEFT THEM!

Hint: Naledi was dated in excess of 2 million years, "Because looks," never believing that
an animal which looked like that could cling on for so long.

This is true for real science as well, not just paleo anthropology. Trace fossils are valuable
but can be highly problematic. I remember one example, a lucky break, where apparently
the dinosaur leaving the tracks in the mud presumably got stuck and died, so they could
identify it from its bones and then say, "Well. This is what its feet looked like with the flesh
on them," looking at the prints.

But that's a real science, or it at least makes an attempt, while paleo anthropology is a
goddamn social program run by inbred elitists.




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