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Footprints from 10,000 years ago reveal treacherous trek of traveler, toddler - CNN
Human prints found in a dried-up New Mexico lakebed tell a dramatic story of perseverance.
Ancient human footprints found in a dried-up New Mexico lakebed present a remarkably detailed snapshot from more than 10,000 years ago. An adolescent or small adult female carries a young child nearly a mile across muddy terrain frequented by mammoths, giant sloths, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves. Then the traveler turns around and makes the journey back, without the child in tow, perhaps having delivered the toddler to its destination.
The prints, believed to be the longest known trackway of early-human footprints, tell a dramatic story of danger and perseverance. A new study in the online edition of Quaternary Science Reviews details how the tracks at White Sands National Park were discovered and studied, and what they add to the ichnological (trace fossil) record -- and show us about our Ice Age forebears.
Human prints found in a dried-up New Mexico lakebed tell a dramatic story of perseverance.
Ancient human footprints found in a dried-up New Mexico lakebed present a remarkably detailed snapshot from more than 10,000 years ago. An adolescent or small adult female carries a young child nearly a mile across muddy terrain frequented by mammoths, giant sloths, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves. Then the traveler turns around and makes the journey back, without the child in tow, perhaps having delivered the toddler to its destination.
The prints, believed to be the longest known trackway of early-human footprints, tell a dramatic story of danger and perseverance. A new study in the online edition of Quaternary Science Reviews details how the tracks at White Sands National Park were discovered and studied, and what they add to the ichnological (trace fossil) record -- and show us about our Ice Age forebears.