A new study suggests that these early inhabitants werent just leaving footprintsthey were traveling with transport vehicles.
The researcherspublishedtheir work on February 15 in the journalQuaternary Science Advances.
Bennett and his team discovered single and double-lined tracks, which they attribute to two different vehicle designs.
A reconstruction of the travois that may have left the tracks in New Mexico.© Reconstruction by Gabriel Ugueto
This seems to be the ancient equivalent, but without wheels, Bennett explained.
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The prehistoric drag marks. © Bournemouth University
