An international team of researchers has discovered a long prehistoric human trackway at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, the United States.
The human tracks at White Sands National Park record more than 1.5 km (0.93 miles) of an out- and-return journey.
They show the footprints of a woman or an adolescent male that are joined, at point, by the footprints of a toddler.
“An adolescent or small adult female made two trips separated by at least several hours, carrying a young child in at least one direction,” said lead author Dr. Sally Reynold of Bournemouth University and colleagues.
The team found the tracks in a dried-up lakebed, which contains a range of other footprints dating from 11,550 to 13,000 years ago.
The lakebed’s formerly muddy surface preserved footprints for thousands of years as it dried up. Read more.
Found in my old stomping grounds just after I left, absolutely amazing!!!
