They might just rewrite the history of human migration.
    • uselessartifact@lemmy.zip
      33·
      7 hours ago

      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
        15·
        6 hours ago

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

        Uh… Thirsty for what? 😬

        • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago
          • 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?