Research
North America’s oldest footprints tell a story of drought and survival
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- Ancient footprints at White Sands in New Mexico date to the last ice age.
- The footprint makers watched a lake shrink into a flat, salty mudflat called a playa.
- The source article is truncated, so further details about the findings are not available here.
Why it matters
The footprints suggest ice-age landscapes could change noticeably within a single lifetime, challenging the idea that they barely changed across generations.
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The last ice age can sound like a time when landscapes barely changed across generations. But ancient footprints at White Sands tell a different story. At White Sands in New Mexico, the footprint makers watched a lake shrink into a flat, salty mudflat called a playa, and a pine…