Footprints open a window onto brief moments in life, a unique time scale that is inaccessible from skeletal remains or archaeological artefacts. Through this particular temporal scale, footprints provide original information about the groups who left them, and offer another point of view for understanding human evolution. Using several examples from the fossil record, this presentation will focus on the development of experimental methods used to study footprints. It will also demonstrate the diversity of information, but also its limitations, that can be obtained from this unique material, offering a unique perspective on human evolution.
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