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Anthropology

elleng

(140,373 posts) Thu Sep 23, 2021, 04:25 PM Sep 2021

The footprints are the earliest firm evidence for humans in the Americas and show people must have arrived here before the last Ice Age.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fossil-footprints-show-humans-north-america-21000-years-ago-rcna2169?

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Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago. [View all] elleng Sep 2021 OP

Looks like an 8 1/2 B. DURHAM D Sep 2021 #1

So this predates the land bridge from asia by 5 to 15,000 years Botany Sep 2021 #2

Anthropology is riddled with multigraincracker Sep 2021 #3

I've long thought that people were in the Americas wnylib Sep 2021 #5

Messy madamesilverspurs Sep 2021 #4