Tracksite of Humans and Animals, Jeju
濟州 사람발자국과 동물발자국 化石産地
제주특별자치도 서귀포시
Basic information
- Designation
- Natural Monument No.464
- Category
- 자연지형
- Designated year
- 2005
- Location
- 서귀포시, 제주특별자치도— 제주특별자치도 서귀포시 대정읍 상모리 주변해역
- Coordinates
- 33.218600, 126.294300
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Description
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The Jeju human and animal footprint fossils represent sedimentary fossils from a geological layer where footprint fossils of mammals, birds, and reptiles, including humans, were discovered in trachytic tuff formed by Jeju volcanic activity approximately 1.2 million years ago, making them among the oldest in the world. In particular, the human footprints from this period are estimated to be the second-oldest in the world after those from Laetoli in Africa (3.6 million years ago), possessing exceptional biogeographical and paleoanthropological value.
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