10,500-Year-Old Hunter-Gatherer Prints Found in Northern Mexican Desert Victoria Woollaston - Daily Mail
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The single pair of footprints, pictured, were found in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico. They are thought to have belonged to a hunter-gatherer from a group called the Coahuiltecans and predate previous finds by almost 5,000, claims archaeologists from Durham University.

Centuries ago a hunter-gatherer trekked across the desert in search of food and left behind just a single pair of perfectly preserved prints.

The prints were originally found in the Cuatro Cienegas Basin of Mexico back in 1961 but researchers from Durham University have now managed to pinpoint when the steps would have been made.

It is thought the prints date back some 10,550 years and may have belonged to a member of the Coahuiltecans group of Indians that inhabited the region.

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