Oldest Human Footprints found

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa, on the Norfolk coast in the east of England.

The footprints are more than 800,000 years old and were found on the shores of Happisburgh in Norfolk. You might remember the place from GCSE coastal defence work.

They are direct evidence of the earliest known humans in northern Europe.

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Laetoli footprints. Adult on the right, child on the left.
Smaller adult prints (female?) inside the male footprint.
Were the adult(s) holding the hand of the child?

The earliest human footprints in the World were found at Laetoli in Tanzania, dating to 3.6 million years. I have been to see them, the small museum states that there is only one other footprint as significant as those at Laetoli. Click here to see it.
These prints were preserved in volcanic ash from a volcano in the East African Rift valley.