The White Sands fossil footprints were discovered in 2009 in White Sands National Park, New Mexico. Radiocarbon dating of seeds found in the sediment layers places the footprints between 21,000 and 23,000 years old, potentially making them the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas. These footprints are located near an ancient lake and are associated with extinct megafauna like Columbian mammoths and ground sloths. However, there is some skepticism about the dating methods, with more recent studies suggesting the footprints could be younger, between 15,500 and 13,500 years old.
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Possible 23,000 Year Old Footprints in North America
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AnthropologyarchaeologyWhite Sands fossil footprintsNew Mexicoancient human footprintsradiocarbon dating21000 to 23000 years oldprehistoric evidencemegafaunaColumbian mammothsground slothsancient lakedating controversyoldest human evidence in Americasarcheological discoverysediment layerspaleoecologyNational Parkpaleoanthropologyprehistoric humanNew Mexico archaeologyWhite Sands National Parkfossilized footprints
