Ancient Footprints Reshape Scientists’ Understanding Of Early Life In The Americas

Fossilized footprints found in White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide what scientists describe as the first “unequivocal evidence” of human activity in North America. (National Park Service, USGS and Bournemouth University)

Footprints can tell a remarkable story.

Researchers now believe ancient human footprints discovered in the ground at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park date back 23,000 years to the Ice Age.