Tri-City Herald18d
22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ‘oldest known’ vehicle — found in national park
They used a “vehicle” called a travois, researchers said in a Feb. 20 study published in the peer-reviewed journal Quaternary Science Advances. “We use the term ‘travois’ broadly to ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
These Tracks Reveal Evidence of 22,000-Year-Old Wheelbarrows—But Without the Wheels
Researchers say they’re some of the earliest known examples of transport vehicles Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent This illustration shows the two kinds of travois researchers think humans used ...
Popular Mechanics19d
Archaeologists Discovered 22,000-Year-Old Tracks That May Be From the World’s First Vehicle
They also serve as evidence of one of the oldest vehicles of all time—what’s known as a travois. The linear tracks from the poles and human footprints both date to roughly 22,000 years ago..
Total Pro Sports9d
Archaeologists Uncover 22,000-Year-Old Tracks That May Have Been Made By The World’s First Ever Vehicle With Wheels
Dating back roughly 22,000 years, these marks- left by wooden poles dragged behind ancient travelers- point to the use of a travois, a rudimentary vehicle that predates the wheel by thousands of ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs18d
Ice Age American families pulled travois 22,000 years ago, White Sands discovery shows
Researchers uncovered evidence at White Sands National Park in New Mexico that suggests prehistoric humans used travois, a simple sled-like device, to transport their belongings over 20,000 years ago.
The Sun14d
Is this evidence of the ‘world’s first VEHICLE’? Fossilised 22,000-year-old tracks pre-date invention of wheel are found
Footprints next to the marks indicate that humans, not animals, pulled the travois to transport goods. Children’s footprints also often appeared near the drag marks, suggesting they walked ...