Webb Steve, Cupper Matthew L, Robins Richard
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University, Robina, Queensland 4229, Australia.
J Hum Evol. 2006 Apr;50(4):405-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.10.002. Epub 2005 Dec 15.
Human and other hominid fossil footprints provide rare but important insights into anatomy and behavior. Here we report recently discovered fossil trackways of human footprints from the Willandra Lakes region of western New South Wales, Australia. Optically dated to between 19-23 ka and consisting of at least 124 prints, the trackways form the largest collection of Pleistocene human footprints in the world. The prints were made by adults, adolescents, and children traversing the moist surface of an ephemeral soak. This site offers a unique glimpse of humans living in the arid inland of Australia at the height of the last glacial period.
人类和其他原始人类的化石足迹为解剖结构和行为提供了罕见但重要的见解。在此，我们报告最近在澳大利亚新南威尔士州西部的威兰德拉湖区发现的人类足迹化石步道。这些步道经光释光测定年代在19至23千年前之间，由至少124个脚印组成，是世界上最大的更新世人类足迹集合。这些脚印是成年人、青少年和儿童在短暂积水的潮湿表面行走时留下的。这个遗址让我们得以独特地一瞥末次冰期盛期生活在澳大利亚干旱内陆的人类。
