When did humans arrive in America: Research, timeline, footprints| Insights

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Research in New Mexico has challenged the old and conventional belief that humans came to America from Russia about 15,000 years ago..

After studying the fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico, scientists have concluded that humans came to America much earlier, between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago..

These footprints were found at the edge of an ancient lake bed in White Sands National Park...

Defending the result of the research, Edward Jolie, an anthropological archaeologist at the University of Arizona who has studied the White Sands footprints in the field, said, "Its more or less a master class in how you do this."..

The researchers have concluded the date of the arrival of humans in America by studying the human footprints found at the edge of an ancient lake bed in White Sands National Park...

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