Humans trod the landscape of North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to new research that confirms the antiquity of fossilized footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico using two further dating approaches. New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing humans in North America thousands of years earlier than once thought. Ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, U.S., are seen in this undated handout photograph obtained by Reuters on October 5, 2023. U.S. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS In September 2021, U.S. Geological Survey researchers and an international team of scientists announced that ancient human fo...
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