White Sands National Park

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Study Confirms Controversial 23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints, Challenging Past Views on Peopling of the Americas

Christopher Plain·June 18, 2025

New radiocarbon dating of ancient mud samples confirm the controversial dating of 23,000-year-old footprints in White Sands, New Mexico.

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22,000-Year-Old Evidence of Transport Technology Reshapes Our Understanding of the Ancient Americas

Ryan Whalen·February 25, 2025

Archeologists say they have discovered evidence of 22,000-year-old transport technology used in the ancient Americas.

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Confirmation of Oldest Fossil Human Footprints in North America Upends Once Accepted Timeline of Earliest Arrivals

Micah Hanks·October 9, 2023

New research has confirmed that fossil human footprints at White Sands National Park are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old.