Ancient Footprints Reveal Early Humans Lived Through Dramatic Climate Change
Researchers said pollen and sediment show the White Sands footprint makers saw a lake shrink and forests give way to oak and sagebrush within one lifetime.
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White Sands Footprints Show Ice Age Humans Faced Abrupt Environmental Shifts During Early Settlement Of The Americas
It’s bad enough having had to survive the coldest period during humanity’s time on Earth, now we know they had to deal with vanishing lakes and changing ecosystems.
Early humans in America endured climate chaos – new research
Footprints found at White Sands, New Mexico, were dated to the height of the last ice age. National Park ServiceSome 23,000 years ago, during the coldest part of the last ice age, people walked across the muddy margins of an ancient lake in what is now White Sands national park, New Mexico. The footprints they left behind have transformed our understanding of when people first reached the Americas. When we reported dates for the White Sands foot…
Ancient Indigenous people in New Mexico lived through extreme climate change 23,000 years ago, study suggests
Researchers have revealed the climate that some of the first people in North America experienced around 23,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum.
Footprints as contemporary witnesses: 23,500 to 21,700 years ago, people repeatedly entered the shore of an ice age lake in today's New Mexico. New analyses of the sediments reveal that they experienced pronounced climate fluctuations and severe dry phases there. While the lake shrank and the plant world changed, the region apparently remained a recurring destination. Tucson (U.S.A.). Where [...] The post Ice age people have survived sudden envi…
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