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|caption = New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World.&nbsp;<ref>[https://phys.org/news/2023-10-evidence-footprints-mexico-oldest-humans.html Phys.org: Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas]</ref>
|caption = New research confirms that fossil human footprints in NM are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, upending what archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World.&nbsp;<ref>[https://phys.org/news/2023-10-evidence-footprints-mexico-oldest-humans.html Phys.org: Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas]</ref>


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SGU Episode 953
October 14th 2023
953 white sands footprints.jpg

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in NM are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, upending what archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. [1]

SGU 952                      SGU 954

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella

B: Bob Novella

C: Cara Santa Maria

J: Jay Novella

Guests

DF: Dan Friesen

JH: Jordan Holmes




American podcasters

Quote of the Week

Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, and the Arts provide an understanding of personal experience. They both are avatars of human creativity.

Mae Jemison, American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut

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Show Notes
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Introduction

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Quickie with Bob: Solar Panels at Proxima Centauri (5:17)

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Science or Fiction (1:41:09)

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Today I Learned

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