Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient life.

Beneath the white gypsum dunes of New Mexico, scientists have uncovered something remarkable ... have now been confidently dated to around 23,000 years ago. That’s 10,000 years earlier than previous ...

New research has confirmed what may be the oldest known evidence of humans in North America—a set of 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints found in White Sands National Park, New Mexico. These prints, ...

Beneath the white gypsum dunes of New Mexico, scientists have uncovered ... have now been confidently dated to around 23,000 years ago. That’s 10,000 years earlier than previous estimates ...

Studying preserved footprints in New Mexico continues to provide ... Previously believed to be about 13,000 years old, a study in 2021 by U.S. Geological Survey researchers instead dated the ...

The linear tracks from the poles and human footprints both date to roughly 22,000 years ago ... New Mexico’s fossil record is rewriting the history of humans in America. A study published in 2024 ...

Most dinosaurs suddenly went extinct about 66 million years ago after an asteroid struck Earth. You can see evidence of this impact at the Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico ...

Sante Fe is the oldest capital city in the U.S., and its historic culture — forged over generations by Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and American communities — has earned it the nickname the ...