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Published online 30 November 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051128-7
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Footprint claims get stamped on
Age data knock first impressions of marks in Mexican rock.
Marks that were hailed as the earliest traces of humans in the Americas may not be what they seem. A dating study puts the age of the volcanic ash in which the indentations were found at 1.
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