Assuming that you’re serious, let me reply with two things. First, fossilized impressions in sand and mud are always distorted. Look at more and you’ll see. Th

Assuming that you’re serious, let me reply with two things. First, fossilized impressions in sand and mud are always distorted. Look at more and you’ll see. These impressions are actually remarkably well-preserved. Second, you can’t be sure that the second footprints are any more real. I could easily carve fake feet out of wood and make those impressions. So could the artist. Epistemology is everywhere, eh?