San hunters unlock past in feet of clay

03 July 2016 - 02:00
By SHAUN SMILLIE

Namibian trackers use ancient skills to solve an old puzzle in a cave in the French PyreneesFor a long time the stomp of dancing feet was believed to have been the origin of the 17,000-year-old prints scattered across a cave floor in France.Archaeologists suspected from the number of jumbled prints that a ritual dance had taken place.

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