Fossilized Footprints - U.S. National Park Service
Jan 3, 2026 · The fossilized footprints of White Sands are probably the most important resources in the Americas to understand the interaction of humans and extinct animals from the ice age.
White Sands footprints - Wikipedia
The White Sands footprints are a set of ancient human footprints discovered in 2009 at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, United States. In 2021 they were radiocarbon dated, based on seeds …
Tracking Humans’ First Footsteps in North America
Ancient human footprints, preserved in a dry lakebed at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, reveal remarkably vivid vignettes of life in the late Pleistocene: children jumping in puddles...
Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human ...
Oct 5, 2023 · In 2021, fossilized footprints from White Sands National Park in New Mexico were dated to between 20,000 and 23,000 years ago, providing key evidence for earlier occupation, although this …
2-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Be The Oldest Example of an Early Human
1 day ago · An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the earliest known members of our genus. The 2-million-year-old …
Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America
Oct 5, 2023 · In September 2021, U.S. Geological Survey researchers and an international team of scientists announced that ancient human footprints discovered in White Sands National Park were …
Ancient Footprints Affirm People Lived in the Americas More Than …
Oct 5, 2023 · Fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park were almost certainly made more than 20,000 years ago, during the height of the last ice age, according to …
The Oldest Known Human Footprints: What Do They Reveal?
Aug 1, 2025 · In recent decades, paleontologists, archaeologists, and geologists have uncovered a growing number of ancient human footprints across the globe. Each one has rewritten a piece of our …
Debate settled? Oldest human footprints in North America really are ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Paleo-human footprints dotting White Sands National Park in New Mexico are 23,000 to 21,000 years old, making them the oldest known fossilized trackways left by people in North …
Footprints - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
Jul 8, 2024 · Several human footprints sites have been discovered; you can explore the evidence from some of them here.