Hiker Unveils 280-Million-Year-Old Prehistoric World in Italian Alps

A hiker in the Italian Alps accidentally discovered a 280-million-year-old lost world by finding fossilized footprints on a rock. Claudia Steffensen's find, initially thought to be concrete, turned out to be ancient reptile tracks from the Permian period. This significant paleontological discovery, attributed partly to climate change, has led to the identification of hundreds of other fossilized footprints from various species in the Valtellina Orobie nature park.