Trachilos Footprints
The Trachilos footprints are possibly tetrapod footprints which show hominin-like characteristics from the late Miocene on the western Crete, close to the village of Trachilos, west of Kissamos, in the Chania Prefecture. Researchers describe the tracks as representing at least one apparent bipedal hominin or an unknown primate. The stratum in which the footprints were found was dated to about 5.7 million years ago, which predates the previously earliest discovered hominin footprints by about two million years. Later studies show that the footprints might be more than 6 million years old. The researchers of the tracks suggest that it may imply the possibility of hominin evolution outside of Africa, contrary to the current theory. Discovery The tracks were originally discovered by Gerard D. Gierliński, from the Polish Research Institute in Warsaw in 2002. During a visit to Trachilos on Crete, Gierliński found the tracks, and as he was not planning on staying in Trachilos, Gierl ...
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Trachilos ( el, Τράχηλος, link=no) may refer to: * Trachilos (islet), Trachilos islet, a Greek islet located south of cape Goudero on the coast of Lasithi, eastern Crete. * Trachilos, a village west of Kissamos, in the Chania Prefecture at Crete. Trachilos footprints discovered near this place. * Trachilos, a beach at Sitia, on Crete. * Trachilos, a beach at the island of Kalamos (island), Kalamos. * Trachilos Cape, at the island of Tilos. * Trachilos Cape, at the island of Antiparos. {{disambiguation, geo ...
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