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Did Humans and Dinosaurs Co-Exist?

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The Taylor Trail:A series of 14 sequential human footprints on the same platform with at least 134 dinosaur tracks. Introduction: Here is a photo of the Paluxy River in Glen Rose Texas. This rapidly flowing river runs through the middle of Dinosaur Valley State Park, famous for its dinosaur tracks. Not as well known is the fact that human tracks have also been found, not only in the same formation, but on the same bedding plane and in some cases overlapping the dinosaur tracks. Stan Taylor (pointing at track) began his excavation of the Taylor Trail in 1969 and continued working through 1972. Initially, only two tracks could be seen in the Paluxy River bed. (Click on photo for high resolution) By following the trail back under the river bank, seven more very human like tracks were exposed. The process involved removing tons of limestone overburden, effectively eliminating the possibility that the tracks were carved. (Click on photo for high resolution) The Taylor Trail, as it normally