"Discovery of 90,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Unveils Ancient Moroccan History"

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"Discovery of 90,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Unveils Ancient Moroccan History"
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Scientists in Morocco discovered two trails of 90,000-year-old human footprints on a beach, likely the oldest and best-preserved trackways ever found, indicating a multigenerational group of early modern humans. The footprints, found using optically stimulated luminescence dating, suggest the presence of children, adolescents, and adults during the Late Pleistocene. The exceptional preservation of the footprints is attributed to the beach's layout and the tides' rapid burial of the tracks.

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