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Eve's footprint
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Eve's footprint is the popular name for a set of fossilised footprints discovered on the shore of Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa in 1995. They are thought to be those of a female human and have been dated to approximately 117,000 years ago. This makes them the oldest known footprints of an anatomically modern human. The estimated age of Eve's footprint means that the individual who left the tracks in the soil, thought to be female, would have lived within the current wide range of estimates for the date of Mitochondrial Eve.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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![]() Replica of Eve's footprint. Geelbek Visitors Centre, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa | |
Common name | Eve's footprint |
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Age | c. 117,000 years |
Place discovered | Western Cape, South Africa |
Date discovered | September 1995 |
Discovered by | David Roberts |
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