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Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] uselessartifact@lemmy.zip 53 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Taken from the what you'll learn in this article section at the top:

  1. Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age.
  2. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.
  3. These human prints were surrounded by animals but not hunted animals, indicating humans were just thirsty.
[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago (6 children)

3. These human prints were surrounded by animals but not hunted animals, indicating humans were just thirsty.

Uh... Thirsty for what? 😬

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
  • Thirsty - feeling thirst
  • Thirst - a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids, also : the bodily condition (as of dehydration) that induces this sensation

Jokes aside, why does everybody feel the need to gravitate towards the least popular definition here?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

For fake Internet points?

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