The White Sands area was then a landscape of streams and creeks, which were also home to mammoths, ground sloths, saber-toothed tigers and other extinct animals.
Until now, it was believed that the first humans on the American continent did not migrate from Asia to America through the dry Bering Strait until after the last great ice age, about 16,000 to 13,000 years ago.
No time for champagne yet
Not all scientists are convinced yet. Oregon State University anthropologist Loren Davis told Science News that he wants to see evidence of other techniques “before the champagne opens”.
“Things like this force you to rewrite textbooks,” he said. “In the interest of our profession, we must set the bar high.” But if additional evidence confirms the age of the footprints, it shows that humans have an astonishing ability to survive under extreme conditions.”
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