Ice Age footprints in New Mexico desert (NOVA)

NOVA PBS Official, May 25, 2022; CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Ice Age footprints | full documentary | (NOVA/PBS)

They're much older than we're told

(NOVA PBS Official) Ancient human footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park (next to the deadly U.S. military's White Sands Missile Range) reveal new evidence of Ice Age people that walked the land alongside enormous ground sloths and mammoths — thousands of years earlier than archeologists thought humans were in the Americas. (Official website, #NOVAPBS)

CHAPTERS

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:39 Ancient footprints in White Sands National Park
• 10:04 Excavation of ancient human footprints
• 13:00 Proof of giant ancient sloths and mammoths
• 18:30 When did humans first arrive in North America?
• 27:26 Process of dating ancient footprints
• 31:27 Discovering early hunting practices in North America
• 42:39 How long ago were these footprints made?
• 48:28 How did humans travel to North America during the Ice Age?
• 49:40 Why did Ice Age animals go extinct?
• 51:07 Conclusion

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