Secrecy of Footprints in Volcanic Eruption!

Curious humans and canine companions hiked near the volcano leaving behind their footprints in the fine-grained volcanic ash. They hiked there after an unreliable volcanic eruption that took place during the Bronze Age. According to the new analysis, the hydro volcanic eruption was so imposing, which occurred due to the mixing of superheated magma and groundwater explosion. The humans even illustrated it in Ochre on a nearby rock which is now Western Turkey.
Researchers first studied the ancient footprints in the 1960s, when well-conserved tracks were observed by the workers who were building the Demirkopru Dam near Sindel village in Turkey. These prints are known as "Kula Footprints" as they were in Kula volcanic Geopark, the place where Cakallar volcano rises in a Majestic peak. Researchers have dated the Kula footprints many times but failed to provide the correct data.
The first attempt was made in 1968, indicating that the prints were 250,000 years old, convincing the researchers to attribute the tracks to Neanderthals. Many attempts were made in which some of them have led to recent dating’s. To get to the bottom of secrecy the researchers of the new study used two dating methods to spot when those footprints were made. One of the attempt was radiogenic helium dating, it measures the decay of uranium and thorium into helium; this is to calculate the eruption age of small zircon crystals that were found at the location.
Cosmo genic chlorine exposure dating was also used by the team to measure levels of radioactive chlorine which forms when the cosmic radiation bangs into potassium or calcium atoms. The amount of time that the volcanic rocks have taken to fix near Earth's surface is revealed by the Cosmo genic chlorine exposure dating. The results declared that the footprints were made 47,000 years ago. This also justifies that it couldn't have been Neanderthals who extinct about 40,000 years ago, but rather modern humans who left them.
The study of co-researcher Martin Danisik, a research fellow in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University in Perth, Australia said in a statement that "The consistent results were shown by the two dating approaches and indicates that the homo sapiens were available at the time of volcanic eruption that occurred during the prehistoric Bronze Age about 4,700 years ago and 2, 45,000 years later than what exactly been registered. The researchers also added that some small prints also suggests that the unknown species of Canis, a breed that includes wolves, coyotes and dogs accompany the ancient people who were using walking staffs. A previous research also states that these ancient people were running to get safe from the eruption. But after analysing the distance between their steps, it appears like whoever left them was walking with normal speed.
It has been also quoted in the study that, it is confirmed that the traces show a walking direction from west of the globe to east of the globe towards the Cakallar Cone. "This indicates a short lapse after the deposition of ash, which was long enough for humans to approach the volcano after its initial outburst."
By: Saksham Gupta
Content: https://www.livescience.com/65609-ancient-volcano-rock-art.html