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Ancient footprints from White Sands National Park. The White Sands footprints are a set of ancient human footprints discovered in 2009 in the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. In 2021 they were radiocarbon dated, based on seeds found in the sediment layers, to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. [1]
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The White Sands fossil footprints in the Tularosa Basin are estimated by the National Park Service to be 21 000 to 23 000 years old and include footprints possibly showing humans stalking a giant sloth. [1] The footprints are located at the shore of an ice age era lake. As of November 2021, 61 fossil footprints have been found at the site. [2]
Fossilised footprints in the salt flats of White Sands National Monument, in the southwestern U.S. state of New Mexico, reveal humans walking in the exact footsteps of a giant sloth and then ...
Human footprints from the last Ice Age at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Matthew Robert Bennett , Author provided We also noticed something interesting beneath the mammoth tracks in ...
The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, according to research published Thursday in the ...
Paleontology in North Carolina refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of North Carolina. Fossils are common in North Carolina. According to author Rufus Johnson, "almost every major river and creek east of Interstate 95 has exposures where fossils can be found". [ 1 ]
Researchers now believe ancient human footprints discovered in the ground at New Mexico's White Sands National Park date 23,000 years back to the Ice Age. The unearthed footprints, discovered in ...