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Plate Curved
Do some anthropologists consider the possibility that the footprints of Laetoli in Homo may be old?
I ask this because of the fact that many believe that Australopithecus afarensis scientific and the like to have more apelike foot (as well as other functions). As a believer in evolution punctuational, I wonder if a major speciation event took place 15 million years ago when the African / Arabian Plate collided Continental Eurasia plate. This can take place very quiclky the ancestral human lineages and their families. At the time of the Laetoli footprints, the primitive man may have been evolved enough to leave those tracks that are remarkably similar to modern human footprints. I do not believe that Australopithecus afarensis could have made them with more curve and simian feet. Even walking on the knuckles would explain how modern-looking footprints. I'm starting to really believe in the great age of man now. After Read Cremo's book Forbidden Archeology, "recently too, I have to say that I think we are definitely in dire need of a new paradigm!
The Laetoli footprints are generally considered to belong to the genus Australopithecus. They date from about 3-4 million years ago, long before anyone Homo remains have been found. We also have a few feet fossilized bones of Australopithecus, are not incompatible with the Laetoli prints. Even anthropologists who suggest an arboreal life-style recognize that they partially australopithecines were capable of fully bipedal locomotion. The argument is on a slight curve of the metacarpal / Metatarsals, not a "monkey" footprint.
