USGS Fact Sheet Says White Sands Footprints Push Human Presence in North America Back to the Last Glacial Maximum
May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued 'Fossil Footprints and Ice Age Ecosystems of White Sands National Park,' authored by Kathleen B. Springer, Jeffrey S. Pigati, David Bustos, Thomas M. Urban, and Matthew R. Bennett, as Fact Sheet 2025-3046 in May 2026.
The fact sheet says the discovery of human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, shows people were in North America between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial M . . .
The fact sheet says the discovery of human footprints at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, shows people were in North America between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial M . . .