Footprints put people on Canada’s west coast 13,000 years ago

29 fossil prints provide rare evidence of early New World settlers’ coastal travels

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FOOT FALL  Human footprints on a Canadian island date to around 13,000 years ago. One print (left) revealed toe impressions after digital enhancement (right, near peaked line).

D. McLaren et al/PLOS ONE 2018

People who reached what’s now Canada’s Pacific coast around 13,000 years ago made some lasting impressions — with their feet.