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Fossilized Footprints in White Sands Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – New scientific research conducted at White Sands National Park in New Mexico has uncovered the oldest known human footprints in North America. The discovery reveals evidence of human occupation in the Tularosa Basin beginning at least 23,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The fossilized human…