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Ice Age Footprints Preview

Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age.

Aired 05/25/2022

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Ice Age Footprints Preview

Preview: Season 49 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age.

Ancient footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park reveal new evidence of Ice Age humans that walked the land alongside enormous ground sloths and mammoths—thousands of years earlier than archaeologists thought people were in the Americas.

Aired 05/25/2022

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Humans May Have Lived in North America Earlier Than Thought

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Clip: S49 Ep9 | 4m 16s | Scattered seeds help reveal when ancient humans first left footprints in North America. (4m 16s)

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