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Oldest human footprint in americas found in Chile

Science The oldest human footprint of the American continent is 15.600 years old and is found on the archaeological site of Pilauco, in the south of Chile. That

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Oldest human footprint in americas found in Chile
Science The oldest human footprint of the American continent is 15.600 years old and is found on the archaeological site of Pilauco, in the south of Chile. That place is located 800 kilometers from the capital, Santiago. That have scientists, local media reported.

The footprint comes from a man who is about 70 kilos weighed. The discovery was made in 2011. Since then the scientists are busy to find out the exact age of the print.

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"There are other ancient human footprints on the American continent found, but none is as old as this. The determination of the age could be done by the carbon 14 isotope to apply to organic plant material", according to geologist Mario Pino to the newspaper El Austral de Osorno. the


the discovery was Wednesday an article published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

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