Fossil Footprints In New Mexico Reveal The Oldest Known Handcart, Meaning People Used Them Thousands Of Years Before The Invention Of The Wheel

Fossil Footprints In New Mexico Reveal The Oldest Known Handcart, Meaning People Used Them Thousands Of Years Before The Invention Of The Wheel

People often use shopping carts at the grocery store to carry their items. The ancient equivalent to this was a handcart without wheels dating back 22,000 years ago. It came before wheeled vehicles were invented in the Middle East around 5,000 years ago. Recently, a team of researchers discovered some fossil traces at a site called White Sands in New Mexico. They were found among the oldest known human footprints. The footprints are about 23,000…