Fossilized human footprints were found in White Sands National Park in New Mexico. His footprints are thought to have remained in the mud of a dried-up lakeshore that borders the New Mexico desert today. Researchers of the study, published in the American Journal of Science, claim that the newly discovered footprints are the oldest human remains in America. Contrary to what is known, this shows that humans settled in America long before the end of the last Ice Age.
This new discovery is very important because, according to historical findings, America was the last continent reached by humanity. It was considered to be a 13,500-year-old settlement with various archaeological remains, including spearheads used to kill mammoths. Now, with these footprints unearthed in New Mexico, the continent is claimed to have been discovered at least 20,000 years ago.
Footprints changed history:
The first footprints were found in 2009 on a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park. By analyzing the seeds stuck in the footprints, the US Geological Surveyors determined that the tracks date from 22,800 to 21,120 years ago. Fossilized footprints push the continent’s known history back thousands of years. With this important discovery, the researchers state that the discovery of America by modern humans dates back to at least 23,000 years and has lived here for 2,000 years.
American researchers speculate that the footprints belong to teenagers and children. They base this on the hypothesis that while adults have skilled duties, young people have duties such as fetching and carrying.
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