Researchers think the grooves are the remnants of tracks left behind by “travois,” an ancient transport vehicle used before the invention of the wheel.

A series of lines found with prehistoric footprints may have belonged to travois, the oldest known vehicles that were made of poles. National 22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ...

A travois might be pushing the definition of what counts as a vehicle, as they're not self-propelled, but I'm willing to count it for the simple reason that they entrench our industry and interest ...

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..

Ancient footprints and drag marks at White Sands National Park in New Mexico suggest the earliest known Americans dragged wooden travois-like vehicles.

As detailed in a study published in the journal Quaternary Science Advances, these marks were left behind by a type of sledge known as a travois. Think of it as a wheelbarrow without the wheels.

A series of lines found with prehistoric footprints may have belonged to travois, the oldest known vehicles that were made of poles. National 22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ...

Native Americans in traditional dress with a horse-pulled travois circa 1900 (Getty) Now, archaeologists digging in New Mexico ’s White Sands have found what seem to be nearly 22,000-year-old ...

A series of lines found with prehistoric footprints may have belonged to travois, the oldest known vehicles that were made of poles. National 22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ...

A series of lines found with prehistoric footprints may have belonged to travois, the oldest known vehicles that were made of poles. National 22,000-year-old tracks — possibly from ...