History In 2006, researchers uncovered 20,000-year-old fossilized human footprints in Australia, indicating that the hunter who created them was running at roughly 37 km/h (23 mph)—the pace of a modern Olympic sprinter—while barefoot and traversing sandy terrain.

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I can only imagine how much more of that sweet sweet oxygen they had back in the day.

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u/Rounds_The_Upvotes Dec 30 '24

Oh. I forgot more oxygen in the atmosphere would probably change a few things for humans.

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u/Panthaquest Dec 30 '24

The time period between a noticeably increased oxygen atmosphere and the development of the human species, is so large that the entire existence of dinosaurs is a small part of it. Humans did not get to experience it.

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u/Muffin_Appropriate Dec 30 '24

Really? Right in front of my Barney Rubble?

History In 2006, researchers uncovered 20,000-year-old fossilized human footprints in Australia, indicating that the hunter who created them was running at roughly 37 km/h (23 mph)—the pace of a modern Olympic sprinter—while barefoot and traversing sandy terrain.

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