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New Dating Confirms Humans in North America Over 23,000 Years Ago

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New Dating Confirms Humans in North America Over 23,000 Years Ago
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New research confirms that the oldest human footprints in North America, dating back over 20,000 years at White Sands, exist without any accompanying cultural artifacts, raising questions about early human presence and activity in the continent before the Clovis culture.

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  1. Oldest Footprints In North America Really Are Over 20,000 Years Old, New Analysis Confirms  IFLScience
  2. Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed  Phys.org
  3. Evidence is building that people were in the Americas 23,000 years ago  Live Science
  4. New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory  Ars Technica
  5. New radiocarbon dating confirms humans in North America 23,000 years ago  The Jerusalem Post

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