14.10.08

Human Tracks navigating the Earth - Etched in Stone

Updates on human locomotion - our bipedal evolution goes back 345,000 years and more, the oldest ever dated.

Three fossilized trackways of human footprints, discovered by a nameless 'amateur' in 2003 have now been confirmed to be that of Homo heidelbergensis. Possibly the direct predecessor of the Neanderthaler. Their fossilized human trackway was embedded in the volcanic ash of the Roccamonfina volcano in southern Italy. (image) "The track makers had a fully bipedal (two-footed) and free-standing gait and used their arms only for support or to regain balance in very steep areas." They are the oldest known tracks made by fully bipedal humanity . We know, that they used ochre and threw spears around in Schöningen.de. They also lived with European lions, mammoths and Irish elk.

We walked upright for 340,000 years,
but only relied on propelling ourselves by internal combustion for the last 200 years.
The last ride on Peak oil will only be a blink in history.

Engraved footprint (mundoes: Image, image ) by the Eora people, Sydney tell the story of our continuous wandering the Earth. Footprints on rock, whether as fossil or as artifact inform narratives about navigating the planet. The Sydney area has thousands of prehistoric Aboriginal rock engravings (petroglyphs), on soft Hawkesbury sandstone. These cultured/encoded land-scapes are unique. Today, many mounting-bikes mark and crack the the signed Earth in 'protected' National Parks. The engravings, the landscape, the story and bipedal ambiance is for ever consumed.

Images: Rockengravings 'mundoes'/footprints/tracks of the Eora people, Sydney

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