Ancient human footprints found in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park tell an intimate story about what life was like during the Ice Age–and reveal surprising new evidence about when humans arrived in North America. 🧵⬇️
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New evidence shows humans in North America 23,000 years ago–at the height of the Ice Age
Ancient human footprints found in White Sands National Park reveal that humans may have arrived in North America much earlier than previously thought.
Video via @novapbsNew evidence shows humans in North America 23,000 years ago–at the height of the Ice Age
The footprints suggest that humans were in North America as long as 23,000 years ago—long before previous estimates of 16,000 years.
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These White Sands footprints are a really incredible find, and they completely change the human history of the Americas
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At the height of the last Ice Age, ancient humans may have already been in North America–a new discovery that shows humans may have once crossed paths with now-extinct beasts like enormous mammoths and giant ground sloths.
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Scientists dated the ancient human footprints found at White Sands National Park using long-buried seeds.
The technique, called radiocarbon dating, showed that the footprints were created between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. to.pbs.org/3H5R4TY
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Thousands of ancient footprints stretch for miles across New Mexico's White Sands National Park, revealing surprising new evidence about early humans and the extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age.
"Ice Age Footprints" premieres WED MAY 25 at 9/8c on @PBS: to.pbs.org/3lqjM89
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Indigenous peoples have long believed their ancestors were in America earlier than scientists thought.
“Now we have the evidence,” says Joe Watkins, archaeologist and member of the Choctaw Nation. “It [puts] our footprints firmly into the past here.”
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See the full story of how scientists unearthed this discovery—and what the footprints reveal about ancient human life.
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Footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park challenge scientists’ timeline of when humans first came to North America. (From )
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Feeling extremely fortunate to be able to tell this story. Some of you may remember the White Sands footprints news breaking in Sept. 👣
Here are the implications of the findings and what's happened since. for
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