Ghost Footprints

A foot and an ancient footprint. Photo from the Mexican Footprints media section

Currently it is believed that humans entered the Americas only about 11,500 years ago. Much research has gone into the topic. And the book The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells, discusses and explains the varied human migrations that have occurred in human history. Now, a foot of contention has arisen (as happens now and again in research. A study of an interesting set of footprint like ancient impressions Pueblo, Mexico, has hinted that these may be nearly 40,000 years old. Not to be outdone in any way, another team has dismissed 40,000 years as a date and purports 1.3 million years as the more reasonable one. But the contention is, if they are really that old footprints, what explanations do we have for all the other research we have done ? But even more, are they really footprints ? Can you tell ?

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