22,000-Year-Old Drag Marks May Be Earliest Evidence of Handcart Use

Fossil footprints in New Mexico reveal what may be oldest known handcarts, researchers say

WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – New research of drag marks found alongside ancient human footprints discovered in White Sands National Park may represent one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the use of transport technology. Follow-up study confirms age of fossil human footprints found at White Sands National Park The research was published in the journal "Quaternary Science Advances" in January and was compiled by a team of experts from a…

Archaeologists Discovered 22,000-Year-Old Tracks That May Be From the World’s First Vehicle

Evidence of the world’s first vehicle was unearthed in New Mexico.

Prehistoric Human Footprints and Tracks Hint at a 22,000-Year-Old Transporting Tool

Learn about the tracks and footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, possibly representing the earliest evidence of human-made transportation technology.

22,000-Year-Old Evidence of Transport Technology Reshapes Our Understanding of the Ancient Americas

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of ancient transport technology in the Americas, suggesting that early North Americans used travois-like sleds for transport nearly 22,000 years ago. New findings by Bournemouth University researchers Matthew Robert Bennett, a Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, and Sally Christine Reynolds, an Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, identifies the use of simple handcarts, possessin…

Fossil tracks help find world’s oldest hand-drawn cart

Marks predate invention of wheel by thousands of years

These 22,000-Year-Old Drag Marks Could Be Oldest Evidence of a Handcart

If you're a parent you've probably tried, at some point, to navigate the supermarket with a trolley, and at least one child in tow.