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.[1] Researchers describe the tracks as representing at least one apparent bipedal[1] 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.[2] The researchers of the tracks suggest that it may imply the possibility of hominin evolution outside of Africa, contrary to the current theory.[1]
^ abcGierliński, Gerard D.; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Lockley, Martin G.; Athanassiou, Athanassios; Fassoulas, Charalampos; Dubicka, Zofia; Boczarowski, Andrzej; Bennett, Matthew R.; Ahlberg, Per Erik (2017-10-01). "Possible hominin footprints from the late Miocene (c. 5.7 Ma) of Crete?". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 128 (5): 697–710. Bibcode:2017PrGA..128..697G. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.006. hdl:20.500.12128/3647. ISSN 0016-7878.
^Kirscher, Uwe; El Atfy, Haytham; Gärtner, Andreas; Dallanave, Edoardo; Munz, Philipp; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz; Athanassiou, Athanassios; Fassoulas, Charalampos; Linnemann, Ulf; Hofmann, Mandy; Bennett, Matthew (2021-10-11). "Age constraints for the Trachilos footprints from Crete". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 19427. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1119427K. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98618-0. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8505496. PMID 34635686. S2CID 238637829.
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