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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..
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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 ...
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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.
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Prehistoric Human Footprints and Tracks Hint at a 22,000-Year-Old Transporting Tool
New research points to the travois — a device usually consisting of two poles joined together to carry a heavy load — as the source of these linear tracks, possibly representing the earliest evidence ...
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Fossil footprints reveal what may be the oldest known handcarts – new research
A pole or poles used in this fashion is called a travois. These drag-marks are preserved in dried mud that was buried by sediment and revealed by a combination of erosion and excavation.