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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fossil Discovery of New Human Ancestor May Connect Us to …
Jan 7, 2026 · Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans
Oldest fossil human footprints in North America confirmed
Oct 6, 2023 · New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, NM, date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing humans in North America thousands of years earlier than …
Fossil footprints confirm the earliest human activity in North America
Jun 30, 2025 · Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have now confirmed that humans roamed North America 23,000 …