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White Sands National Park          

24th September, 2021 Geography

 

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Context

  • Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago.
  • The first footprints were found in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park in 2009.

 

About

  • White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico. The park covers 589.9 km2 in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of the white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
  • This gypsum dunefield is the largest of its kind on Earth.

FIG: NORTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/new-footprints-shows-early-humans-walked-into-north-america-23-000-years-ago-1856673-2021-09-24