Early humans in America endured climate chaos—new research

October 15, 2026 · 11:20 pm 2 sources

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• White Sands footprints suggest humans experienced abrupt environmental shifts during the last ice age
  Phys.org · October 15, 2026 23:20
  Expanded excavations at White Sands National Park in New Mexico have provided researchers an opportunity to refine the age of the oldest human footprints in North America and establish a deeper understanding of the landscape and environmental conditions at the time humans were present there.
• Early humans in America endured climate chaos—new research
  Phys.org · October 18, 2026 21:40
  Some 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.