Impressions or marks left by feet on a surface. Can also refer to evidence of presence or impact in a broader sense.
Compound of 'foot' (Old English fōt) + 'print' (Old French preinte). The metaphorical sense of 'trace of impact' emerged in the 20th century, as in 'carbon footprint'.
The famous Laetoli footprints in Tanzania, discovered in 1976, show three early human ancestors walking together 3.6 million years ago, providing extraordinary evidence of our bipedal evolution.
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