One type of ‘anomaly’ that has proved enduringly popular, especially among Creationists, is the supposed human footprint found in geological strata that ought to be older than the origins of Homo sapiens. Many of them are simple misidentifications, but some are outright frauds. Others are a combination of misidentification, ‘enhanced’ to make them appear more human. The sub-section presents a selection of them.
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- Very ancient artefacts
- The Nampa figurine
- A ‘carved’ fossil shell?
- Letters inside marble?
- A chalk ball from Laon
- A mortar & pestle from Tuolomne
- Sling stone from the Red Crag
- Metallic tubes from St-Jean-de-Livet
- A ‘crystal lens’ from…
- Gold thread from Rutherford Mill (UK)
- Gold chain from Morrisonville, Illinois
- Carved stone from Lehigh, Iowa
- Iron cup from Wilburton, Oklahoma
- Hieroglyphs in a coal mine at…
- Nail in sandstone from Kingoodie (UK)
- Metallic vase from Dorchester,…
- A medallion from Lawn Ridge, Illinois
- An iron nail in Californian quartz
- An iron object in Scottish coal
- Tools in rock at Aix-en-Provence
- Eoliths: tools or naturally fractured…
- The London Artifact (Texas)
- Petroglyphs, inscriptions and reliefs
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