Detailed in a recent publication in the journal Scientific Reports, the study outlines how researchers chanced upon the footprint site near North Africa’s northern tip in 2022. Lead author Mouncef Sedrati, an associate professor of coastal dynamics and geomorphology at the University of Southern Brittany in France, recounted the moment of discovery. “Between tides, I said to my team that we should go north to explore another beach,” Sedrati shared. “We were surprised to find the first print. At first, we weren’t convinced it was a footprint, but then we found more of the trackway.”
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