The rock, which dates back to the Permian Period between 299 and 251 million years ago and was found in New Mexico, displayed what seemed to be a human footprint that had been left behind in the area around 299 million years ago. But at that point of time, there certainly weren’t any people living on Earth, did there?
Another piece of evidence suggesting that humans and dinosaurs coexisted is a human footprint that dates back 290 million years.
There are a lot of writers who would agree with the statement that the history that we have been taught is not even close to being comprehensive, since there have been a lot of discoveries made in the previous couple of decades on Earth.
Imagine for a moment if people finally came to terms with the idea that our planet has been home to a vast number of ancient civilizations in the past, and that there has been life on Earth, including advanced life, for millions of years.
At this point, all we have is a hypothesis or a theory to go on, although it does appear to be supported by a number of ‘controversial’ discoveries.
The so-called “Zapata Print” or “Zapata track” was found in New Mexico and is considered to be one of these artifacts.
Several kilometers away from the Zapata trail, palaeontologist Jerry MacDonald uncovered signs of preserved fossil footprints in Permian layers. MacDonald examined a footprint in the Permian limestone that was found on the Zapata track and determined that it was made by a human.
Dr. Don Patton, who conducted study on the mysterious footprint, asserts that the Permian rock from New Mexico has a real human footprint.
According to the website Genesispark.com, Dr. Don Patton made an attempt to carve this print out of the rock, but he ended up wearing out four carborundum blades while trying to make the one cut!
Patton states that he has personally seen a photograph showing four tracks that are very identical to one another and are arranged in an unmistakable right-left sequence. The photograph was taken approximately one quarter mile from the Zapata track.
The Permian Period, which spanned from 299 to 251 million years ago, was a time long before birds, dinosaurs, and man were assumed to have existed. The age of the rock where the footprint was found is the portion that has caused the most debate, of course.
Curiously, the Permian epoch, along with the Paleozoic, came to an end with the extinction catastrophe known as the Permian–Triassic extinction event, which is considered to be the biggest mass extinction in the history of the Earth. It is estimated that around 90 percent of marine species and 70 percent of terrestrial species became extinct.
The recovery from the mass extinction that occurred during the Permian and Triassic periods was a drawn-out process; it took ecosystems on land 30 million years to recover.
Anyway, getting back to the peculiar footprint, there are a lot of people who think it’s legit, but there are also a lot of people who think it’s fake due to the fact that it has a few ‘unnatural traits.’
The problematic footprint has certain characteristics that are not typical of authentic human footprints, as the author Glen J. Kuban pointed out. When compared to the majority of authentic prints, the line and position of the toes are a little off, and the ball is smaller and rounder than it should be. A few people have drawn attention to the fact that the print depicts some mud pushing up (a rim of raised relief around the print).
Supposedly this confirms its authenticity.
“The fossil footprints that MacDonald has gathered include a number of examples of what palaeontologists like to refer to as ‘problematica.'” For instance, on one trackway, a three-toed creature appeared to take a few steps before suddenly disappearing, as though it had taken off and flown away.
MacDonald made the observation that there are no known three-toed creatures living in the Permian period. And according to the plan, there shouldn’t be any birds here. He’s got a few tracks where animals look like they’re walking on their hind legs, and he’s got others that almost look like simian footprints.
“On one pair of siltstone tablets, I find some footprints that are extremely huge, deeply embedded, and frightening to look at. Each print has five arched toe markings that appear like nails. I can’t help but think that they are bear footprints when I see them.
“‘Yeah,’ MacDonald admits with reluctance, ‘they absolutely do,'” MacDonald adds. Even though mammals didn’t start evolving until a long time after the Permian period, these traces are undeniably from that time. (“Petrified Footprints: A Puzzling Parade of Permian Beasts,” The Smithsonian, Volume 23, Number July 1992, Page 70) (Source)
According to Joe Taylor’s book “Fossil Facts and Fantasies,” the footprint “appears to be a female, barefoot print.”
According to Taylor, it was discovered in 1929, and he mentions that “it is reported that at that time, one half of a second track was visible at the edge of the ledge hosting both tracks.” Since then, the overhanging portion of this ledge has collapsed.
Taylor does not disclose the source from which he obtained these particulars, nor does he reference any relevant literature, whether scientific or popular. The author Jeff A. Benner made the statement that “the Creationist community agrees that the print is human in origin and proof that people existed at the period of the dinosaur.”
