thesweetcheat wrote:
"... radiocarbon measurements of two cave bear bones excavated just below the footprints now indicate that Homo sapiens made these tracks around 36,500 years ago, say anthropologist David Webb of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and his colleagues."
Then nasty old Homo Sapiens got rid of everyone else, is that the triumph of evolution? Well there is another book on the block tracing our way to success, via of course the agricultural revolution. As an aside, dodging Amazon company in the search areas is becoming more difficult when it comes to books!http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/08/2014/oldest-european-human-footprints-confirmed
SAPIENS; A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND. Yuval Noah Harari
http://www.riotcommunications.com/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind-by-yuval-noah-harari/
"The earth of 70,000 years ago was walked by at least six species of human. They were insignificant animals, whose ecological impact was less than that of fireflies or jellyfish. Today, there is only one human species left: Us. Homo sapiens. And we rule this planet."