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Ice Age Human Footprints

Seven human footprints preserved in Ice Age gypsum cement.

Ice Age footprints from adolescemt female estimated to 23,000-21,000 years ago. During this time warming and drying events caused Lake Otero to significantly drop in water level, allowing for the footprints to be made in the drying gypsum mud.

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White Sands National Park, Code: WHSA

White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Latitude: 32.7751007080078, Longitude: -106.316200256348

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01/30/2020

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