350,000 Y/Old foot prints found in Italy...

[headscratcher4]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030312/ap_on_sc/ancient_footprints_3

[Skeptical Greg]

"The idea that these humans were escaping an eruption ... is attractive, and is supported by the fact that all tracks have the same direction, outwards from the volcano's main crater," Mietto said.

A real Sherlock Holmes...:rolleyes:


( interesting story )

[headscratcher4]

Sherlock Holmes, maybe, but at least Mietto's interpretation wasn't: "clearly, they were walking toward the alien monolith that provided them with the intelectual capability to create stone tools..." :D

Better to state the obvious in a scientificly credible and understandable explaination, it seems to me, than let the woowoos interpret the data....just a thought...;)

[garys_2k]

Yet more evidence that God just wants to fool us into thinking that the world, and universe, is more than 6,000 years old! Sheesh, I can't believe those science-ists fell for it. :)

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by headscratcher4
Sherlock Holmes, maybe, but at least Mietto's interpretation wasn't: "clearly, they were walking toward the alien monolith that provided them with the intelectual capability to create stone tools..." :D

Better to state the obvious in a scientificly credible and understandable explaination, it seems to me, than let the woowoos interpret the data....just a thought...;)

I agree, but something just occurred to me..

Escaping an eruption? Running down the side of an erupting volcano?

What's wrong with that picture?

[headscratcher4]

What's wrong with that picture?

Ah, images of people trying to walk across very hot beaches...:D

[c0rbin]

I read somewhere that volcanoes help make soil good for growing.

Perhaps the tribe or group or troop "braved the angry mountain" to get at fruiting vegitation.

Just an armchair-observation.

[kittynh]

and I just bet they brought those ashy dirty feet into the cave without wiping first, and mom had just washed the floor....

[Bluegill]

Originally posted by c0rbin
I read somewhere that volcanoes help make soil good for growing.

Perhaps the tribe or group or troop "braved the angry mountain" to get at fruiting vegitation.

Just an armchair-observation.


This prompted me to wonder, "Why else would people climb up on an erupting volcano?" Of course, they'd climb up on one the same reasons that modern-day humans would. How's this for way cool: We have modern-day scientists looking at the tracks Stone Age scientists (vulcanologists.) I love it!

[zakur]

Originally posted by Bluegill
This prompted me to wonder, "Why else would people climb up on an erupting volcano?" Of course, they'd climb up on one the same reasons that modern-day humans would. How's this for way cool: We have modern-day scientists looking at the tracks Stone Age scientists (vulcanologists.) I love it! Or perhaps they were tossing their first-born into the fiery maw of their volcano god.

[Bluegill]

Originally posted by zakur
Or perhaps they were tossing their first-born into the fiery maw of their volcano god.

Hey, but they could still be scientists. "Well, the volcano is still erupting. Obviously, Thog, your theory isn't panning out. Let's try throwing in a gazelle."

or perhaps they were throwing in a ... ring?

[Stimpson J. Cat]

I agree, but something just occurred to me..

Escaping an eruption? Running down the side of an erupting volcano?

What's wrong with that picture?

Remember to duck and cover! :p

Dr. Stupid

[garys_2k]

Originally posted by kittynh
and I just bet they brought those ashy dirty feet into the cave without wiping first, and mom had just washed the floor....
And then grunted, sat down and demanded dinner.