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Paleolake geochronology supports Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age for human tracks at White Sands, New Mexico.

Vance T Holliday, Jason D Windingstad, Jordon Bright, Bruce G Phillips, Joel B Butler, Ryan Breslawski, James E Bowman

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Vance T HollidayAnthropology & Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7361-3911
Jason D WindingstadEnvironmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-1338-924X
Jordon BrightSchool of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Bruce G PhillipsBGP Consulting, LLC, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-3091-4822
Joel B ButlerWestwood Professional Services, Plano, TX, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3025-7267
Ryan BreslawskiDepartment of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8336-1295
James E BowmanEnvironmental Division, White Sands Missile Range, San Antonio, NM, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4821-3865

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discovery of human footprints in alluvium dated to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at White Sands, New Mexico, was a notable step in understanding the initial peopling of the Americas, but that work was met with criticism focused on the reliability of the materials used in the radiocarbon dating (seeds of

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PaleontologyRadiometric DatingArchaeologyHumansNew Mexico

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PMID40531991
PMCPMC12175891

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