The Oldest Human Footprints in North America
The Ancients
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The Evolution of the Megafauna
The site has also given us a new perspective on that. Previously the thought was humans arrived at various places around the world, and very soon after that the mega fauna started becoming extinct. While the white sands findings then stretches out that time period where humans and mega fauna were living on the same site. And it's possible that humans were living tanably within this community as credators. I'm not saying they weren't hunting these animals, but perhaps there were fewer numbers of the humans.
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