When the discovery of fossilized footprints made in what’s now New Mexico was made public in 2021, it was a bombshell moment for archaeology, seemingly rewriting a chapter of the human story. Now new research is offering further evidence of their significance.
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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.
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