Ancient footprints in New Mexico suggest humans reached the Americas 23,000 years ago
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Freda Kreier
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Researchers have discovered ancient human footprints in New Mexico — known as 'ghost tracks' — that may be between 23,000 and 21,000 years old. If confirmed, these footprints would provide some of the strongest evidence yet that humans were present in North America during the height of the last ice age, challenging the long-held theory that humans arrived in the Americas much later.
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Twitter / XAncient footprints in New Mexico suggest humans reached the Americas 23,000 years agosciencenews.orgKey quotes
· 3 pulledThese human footprints from what's now New Mexico may be between 23,000 and 21,000 years old.
If so, that would make them some of the best evidence yet that humans were in North America during the height of the last ice age.
Footprints left behind by prehistoric people may be some of the strongest evidence yet that humans arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought.
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