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Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling by rumanator on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:54AM (#23176272)
> (...) leaving effectively a stone cast of a dinosaur foot, rather than a footprint that has somehow been flipped 180 degrees.

Yes, I also share that opinion. In fact, just by looking at the photo from Nature it seems like the cave's floor is comprised of upper strata that have cracked, broked off and fell down. If just so happened that the layer currently exposed has the imprint of some dinosaur footprints.

Perhaps other visitors didn't noticed it because the previous layer broke off recently?

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Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling by hinkley on Thursday May 14, 2020 @03:30PM (#23184233)
Do archaeologists use the term 'footprint' differently than we use it colloquially, or is the title just wrong?

To me a footprint isn't shaped like my foot. It's something that my foot fits into.

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