Oldest Human Footprints in North America Really Are That Old, New Dating Confirms
The fossilized footprints in New Mexico are at least 21,500 years old, corroborating a momentous 2021 result.
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The fossilized footprints in New Mexico are at least 21,500 years old, corroborating a momentous 2021 result.
New tests on the millennia-old footprints confirm their age. But some debates on the first humans to live in the Americas will continue.
Ancient human footprints from White Sands National Park were previously dated to 21,000 to 23,000 years old, putting them in the last ice age. Now, new tests confirm that estimate.
Fossilized human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico are every bit as old as the 23,000 years-and-change they were dated at in 2021, according to new analysis published in Science.
Climate history clearly shows that we're living in a blessed time, and that past civilizations generally prospered during warm periods and declined during cold ones.