Untold Italy · Friday, September 4, 2026
The Rocca Monfina volcano in Italy preserves a unique fossil site containing human footprints dating back 300,000 years, an incredible find given that volcanoes often destroy such evidence. These prints, found in lava rock, were once considered the oldest in the world.
“And then it preserves this incredible fossil site, which is unique, really.”
“But this one, it records these tracks made by ancient humans, 300,000 year old footprints preserved in this lava rock.”
“It really is footprints, like boot prints in fresh snow. They were the oldest footprints in the world until some ones in South Africa were discovered a few years ago.”