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Thomas Stafford, an independent archaeological geologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who was not involved in the study, said he “was a bit skeptical before” but now is convinced.
Additional data dates human footprints in White Sands National Park to over 20,000 years ago, some of the oldest evidence of people in the Americas.
Hidden within the seemingly barren expanse of White Sands National Park in New Mexico are human footprints. But these impressions are much more than random tracks: They are ancient vignettes cast in gypsum-rich sand. The footprints tell stories of hunters stalking a giant sloth; a traveler slipping in mud with a child on one hip; children jumping in puddles, splashing in play; and more. But one question has plagued researchers studying these prints. Exactly how long ago were they made? A paper p
Evidence is growing that humans have been in North America for thousands of years longer than scientists had thought.
The discovery of fossilized footprints made in what’s now New Mexico was a bombshell moment for archaeology, seemingly rewriting a chapter of the human story. New research is offering further evidence of their significance.