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✍️ A hiker in the Italian Alps discovered prehistoric footprints of reptiles and amphibians, believed to be from an entire ecosystem, brought to light by melting snow and ice due to climate change.
👉 Discovery of prehistoric footprints in the Italian Alps
👉 Footprints belong to at least five different species of animals
👉 Preservation of footprints is impressive, revealing details such as fingernails and belly skin
👉 Discovery is believed to be an effect of climate change
👉 Footprints were found at an altitude of 1,700 meters
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Melting snow and ice has revealed footprints of reptiles and amphibians, dating back 280 million years A hiker in the northern Italian Alps has stumbled across the first trace of what scientists believe to be an entire prehistoric ecosystem, including the well-preserved footprints of reptiles and amphibians, brought to light by the melting of snow and ice induced by the climate crisis.The discovery in the Valtellina Orobie mountain range in Lombardy dates back 280 million years to the Permian period, the age immediately prior to dinosaurs, scientists say. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/hiker-discovers-first-trace-of-entire-prehistoric-ecosystem-in-italian-alps