290 MILLION Year Old HUMAN FOOTPRINT Found in New Mexico.

[fonzob1]

The discovery of the human impression has left MacDonald particularly puzzled and not he or anyone who has seen and studied the impression has not been able to explain how this modern footprint could have been located in the Permian strata, which according to scholars dates from 290 to 248 million years, a time period which occurred long before man or even birds and dinosaurs existed on this planet, of course, that is according to modern science and scientific thinking.

http://earthweareone.com/290-million-year-old-human-footprint-found-in-new-mexico-now-what/

 

[Amaris]

Nope.

The "earthweareone.com" site is not a science based website whatsoever. It is a pseudo-science site. Did you not notice under the category of "Science & Tech" is an option to learn about "Free Energy"? Under "Health" are topics about the dangers of Vaccines, Flouride, and GMOs? In fact, the only sites reporting on this human footprint "discovery" (made in 1987, by the way), are sites like "Above Top Secret," "Ancient-Code.com", "Paranormal.about.com", and other conspiracy nutter sites, who insist the Smithsonian is hiding something.

The Smithsonian discusses the actual contents of the discovery here: http://paleobiology.si.edu/trackways/

In the mid-1980s paleontologist Jerry MacDonald brought national recognition to the Robledo Mountains, located northwest of Las Cruces, NM, when he found abundant fossilized trackways of ancient vertebrates and invertebrates. These trackways belong to the Permian Period (299-252 million years ago), tens of millions of years before the dinosaurs, at the end of the Paleozoic Era (542 -252 million years ago). Research conducted by scientists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), in collaboration with researchers from around the world, has proven the Robledo trackways to be one of the most important examples of the life habits of Late Paleozoic terrestrial animals. The fossil record in the Robledo Mountains has given scientists a unique window hundreds of millions of years in the past and because of this it was dedicated as Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (PTNM) in March of 2009.

The PTNM also contains fossils of other types, equally important and of interest to a broad range of scientists. Among these are various remains of fossil plants, studied by scientists from the Smithsonian, University of London and University of California, Berkeley. The most common of these fossils are primitive conifers, some of which are the earliest of their kind yet found.

So lots of primitive fossil and prehistoric animal impressions, but no humans here. Though that doesn't stop the sites mentioned earlier from asking why the Smithsonian mentioned all of the footprints except the human ones, but then that gets into conspiracy nutter territory, and that's not something that belongs in the Science and Technology forum.

Still, if you're not certain that the Smithsonian was honest, feel free to also check out the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's website that shows data on the area: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/las_cruces/trackways.html

 

[fonzob1]

I didn't realize the source until you pointed it out. I unliked the Facebook page that linked to it. Normally, I only follow Space.com and Science Channel.com.

 

[Amaris]

I didn't realize the source until you pointed it out. I unliked the Facebook page that linked to it. Normally, I only follow Space.com and Science Channel.com.

*Note to admin to close this thread if at all possible*

I understand. A lot of those sites put off the veneer of scientific study, but closer examination shows they're often nothing more than "woo", as the formidable James Randi would say.

 

[Mary Ann]

It was an honest mistake so no worries, fonzob1. I'll close the thread.