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Plan announced to save prints of man's prehistoric ancestor.

Authors :
Wilford, John Noble
Source :
New York Times. 12/16/94, Vol. 144 Issue 49912, pA30.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

Reports on the plans for preservation of fossil footprints of early man at Laetoli in northwestern Tanzania. Efforts of the Tanzanian Government and the Getty Conservation Institute, based in Santa Monica, California toward preservation of fossil footprints; Discovery of the fossil by paleontologists in 1977.

Subjects

Subjects :
*FOSSIL hominids
*FOSSIL tracks
*LAW
GETTY Conservation Institute (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03624331
Volume :
144
Issue :
49912
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
9501120197

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