700,000-Year-Old Footprints Show What Kids Got Up To In The Stone Age

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700,000-Year-Old Footprints Show What Kids Got Up To In The Stone Age

By Tom Hale
14 Feb 2018, 13:14

What was childhood like in the Stone Age? Well, despite what The Flintstones might have told you, there were very few toys, and a lot more hippo butchering.

Using a bunch of footprints found in the muddy valleys of East Africa, archaeologists are finding out how our ancient ancestors spent their childhoods some 700,000 years ago. The new study can be found in the journal Scientific Reports.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/700000yearold-footprints-show-what-kids-got-up-to-in-the-stone-age/

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They were running from dinosaurs.