New Mexico’s ancient sands reveal the oldest-known traces of early inhabitants.

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The oldest-ever human footprints are believed to be found on the Arabian Peninsula, according to scientists. A preserved mudhole in Saudi Arabia shows seven footprints that are estimated to be 115,000 ...

Footprints preserved in New Mexico’s White Sands reveal humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago—much earlier than experts once believed. (CREDIT: National Park Service) Beneath the white gypsum ...

Fossilized footprints, not bones, offer profound insights into ancient life, revealing movement, social behaviors, and even courtship rituals. Ichnology, the study of trace fossils, reconstructs the ...

Near a lake in Kenya, researchers have found ancient footprints of large birds, horse and antelope relatives, and they've also found evidence of two distinct human ancestors. As NPR's Jessica Yung ...

(CNN) — More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking eyes with each other. These early forerunners of Homo sapiens wandered in ...

Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide insight into the first human movements in North America. A research team believes the footprints are more than 23,000 years old, ...