Along the coast of Morocco, archaeologists have uncovered the oldest human footprints ever discovered in Northern Africa and the Southern Mediterranean. Dating to some 90,000 years ago, they are also “among the oldest footprints attributed to Homo sapiens worldwide.”An international team of archaeologists recently discovered the footprints near the city of Larache on the Northwest coast of Morocco. They are, therefore, the oldest human footprints in this region and among the oldest footprints attributed to Homo sapiens worldwide,” the study authors write. However, excavations in the past two decades have revealed many more footprints older than this time. Advertisement AdvertisementEven in North America, where human presence is relatively recent, archaeologists have recently uncovered human footprints in present-day New Mexico that could be as old as 23,000 years.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 01, 2024 02:28 UTC