Duncan McLaren
Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America
The New York Times
Preliminary data points to oldest human footprints
Media release
13,000-year-old footprints
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Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America
Twelve footprints were discovered by two UVic researchers, in April on Calvert Island on BC’s central coast, and preliminary findings indicate these footprints might be 13,200
years old.
Family gatherings around a fire pit—an ancient custom that’s still with us today—may have been practiced as long as 13,000 years ago along BC's central coast. Footprints from what
appear to be a man, woman and child circling a hearth were found last month below the tideline.