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Tests of footprints in New Mexico confirm earlier human arrival in North America than believed (www.reuters.com)

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Humans trod the landscape of North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to new research that confirms the antiquity of fossilized footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico using two further dating approaches.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Every year they seem to push that number further and further back.

This result is just confirming the same dating for the same fossils published two years ago, using different methods.