mark (03/31/83)
i see that the paluxy footprints have surfaced on the net. these are a number of features in some 100-million-year-old limestone in texas, which are said by some to be human footprints, existing side-by-side with dinosaur footprints. the spring 1983 issue of "the skeptical inquirer" contains an article on the subject, by steven schafersman, who is described as a geologist and paleontologist. he and several others studied the site, and concluded that the alleged human prints may be accounted for by natural processes such as erosion or collapse of dinosaur tracks in the mud which formed the rock, and by carving by a less-than-expert hand. mARK bLOORE univ of toronto