New Mexico: fossilized tracks point to ice age hunters who tracked giant sloth

The tracks, found in White Sands National Monument appear to tell the story of early human hunters stalking a giant sloth, researchers sayResearchers studying a trail of fossilized footprints on a remote New Mexico salt flat have determined that the tracks tell the story of a group of ice age hunters stalking a giant sloth. Scientist David Bustos said the tracks, both adult and children's footprints found at White Sands National Monument, showed people followed a giant ground sloth, purposely stepping in their tracks as they did so. Continue reading...