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Jennifer Nalewicki

90,000-year-old human footprints found on a Moroccan beach are some of the oldest and best preserved in the world

Ancient human footprints pressed into a sandy beach. .

Two trails of ancient human footprints pressed into a beach in Morocco form one of the largest and best-preserved trackways in the world.

Researchers happened upon the footprint site near the northern tip of North Africa in 2022 while studying boulders at a nearby pocket beach, according to a study published Jan. 23 in the journal Scientific Reports. 

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