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These Tracks Reveal Evidence of 22,000-Year-Old Wheelbarrows—But Without the Wheels
This illustration shows the two kinds of travois researchers think humans used ... In addition to the 22,000-year-old drag marks, archaeologists have also uncovered footprints in White Sands ...
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22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ‘oldest known’ vehicle — found in national park
“Adults pulled the simple, probably improvised travois, while a group of children tagged along to the side and behind.” Assuming the drag marks are as old as the researchers estimate, it would ...
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These 22,000-Year-Old Tracks Could Be From World's First Vehicle
The travois, then, is an example of non-wheel transport. “There’s nothing this old,” Bennett said. “[Tracks like this] occur in lots of different areas [of White Sands National Park], so ...
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Scientists Find Evidence of Vehicles From Tens of Thousands of Years Ago
As detailed in a study published in the journal Quaternary Science Advances, these marks were left behind by a type of sledge known as a travois ... "There's nothing this old," study author ...
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Travois tracks at White Sands National Park indicate earliest human transport devices
Ten thousand years before humans developed agriculture or built the first cities in Mesopotamia, Ancient Native Americans ...
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22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ‘oldest known’ vehicle — found in national park
Some of the marks are parallel lines, while others form an X-shape, photos ... travois, while a group of children tagged along to the side and behind.” Assuming the drag marks are as old as ...