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Ancient humans could have been in Americas 23,000 years ago: Study

(NewsNation) — Ancient footprints in New Mexico could change the timeline of history, putting humans in North America far earlier than previously thought. A new study has dated the footprints found at ...
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Footprints dating back 23,000 years were found in White Sands, New Mexico, shaking long-held beliefs about human migration.

In 2021, researchers at White Sands National Park in New Mexico uncovered fossilized footprints that appeared to be 23,000 years old. These ancient impressions were found along a prehistoric lakeshore ...
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Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago

David Bustos heard about the “ghost tracks” when he first went to White Sands National Park in New Mexico to work as a wildlife scientist in 2005. When the ground was wet enough at certain times of ...
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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...
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Humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study finds

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...