Ep 152: Footprints in the sand, stone, and on the moon
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Footprints in the sand, stone, and on the moon
Fossils aren’t just remains of animals. Some of them are materials and marks left by organisms as they went about their lives. Called “trace fossils,” they are, instead of a snapshot of death, a snapshot of life.
Here are some articles about the traces humans left on our moon.
On the Moon, Flags & Footprints of Apollo Astronauts Won’t Last Forever
New Images Offer Sharper View of Apollo Sites
Here are some articles about some 190,000,000-year old dinosaur footprints.
Visit This Massachusetts Park With Dinosaur Footprints
And here are some articles about some 3.7-millean-year old footprints, left by some of our early ancestors.