40,000-year-old footprints rewrite history

British scientists today claimed they have unearthed 40,000 year-old human footprints in central Mexico which shatter previous theories on how humans first colonised the Americas.

Dr Silvia Gonzalez, from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), who led the team of researchers, said the findings were “the tip of the iceberg” and would help rewrite the history books.