Humans May Have Lived in North America Earlier Than Thought
Clip: Season 49 Episode 9 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Scattered seeds help reveal when ancient humans first left footprints in North America.
Ancient human footprints in White Sands National Park reveal that humans first arrived in North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
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Humans May Have Lived in North America Earlier Than Thought
Clip: Season 49 Episode 9 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Ancient human footprints in White Sands National Park reveal that humans first arrived in North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
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Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age. (30s)
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