Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Oldest Footprints

The world's oldest footprints were made when three man-like creature walked across a patch of damp volcanic ash at a place called Laetoli in Tanzania, Africa, 3.75 million years ago!
Ever since the footprints were discovered by Mary D, Leakey and her team in 1976 scientists have wondered how "human" the creatures who made the tracks were because modern man is thought to have originated only about 1,00,000 years ago.
Interestingly, a recent study by an American anthropologist has shown that the footprints are similar to those made by modern humans who habitually go bare-footed.

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Last updated on :8/11/2005