My gut has always told me that civilization has been around a lot longer than we suppose, so I am excited whenever folks discover anything that dates to older than we ever imagined.

Oldest Footprints on Earth Found?

The oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered in rock dated to 570 million years ago in what was once a shallow sea in Nevada.

Scientists think land beasts evolved from ancient creatures that left the sea and evolved lungs and legs.

If the new finding is real — the discoverer says it will fuel skepticism — it pushes the advent of walking back 30 million years earlier than any previous solid finding.

The aquatic creature left its “footprints” as two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters in diameter.

[Read the complete article at FoxNews.]

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