40,000-year-old human footprints discovered

40,000-year-old human footprints discovered

A huge discovery has been made in the caves of Rincon de la Victoria. A research team found human footprints over 40,000 years old, the oldest recorded in the Mediterranean. This discovery was led by Pedro Cantalejo and supports the idea that the caves of Rincon were used by humans in ancient times. The research team has dated the footprints found at nine different locations within the 44 caves… Source

Oldest in The Med Area

Neanderthal hand marks in a cave in Rincón de La Victoria could prove to be the oldest in the Mediterranean area. The post Oldest in The Med Area first appeared on Costa Tropical Gazette News.

The research team dates the samples that the explorers left in nine places, being the oldest marks of the Mediterranean Historical finding in the Cave of the Treasure of Rincón: confirm human footprints of more than 40,000 years ago