The longest prehistoric human trail ever discovered. It's 1.5 kilometers long, discovered in NM, in an area full of predators during the ice age. The footprints belong to a young adult and a toddler, likely a mother and child. She was in a hurry and some times carried the child on her back

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Ainsley-Sorsby on December 25th, 2020 at 03:10 UTC »

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Prestigious_River_34 on December 25th, 2020 at 03:25 UTC »

That’s really interesting. For some reason, it’s very unnerving to me. It’s like I’m scared for them. The brain is weird.

Number5is_ALIVE on December 25th, 2020 at 04:44 UTC »

New Mexico is full of cool shit. r/carlsbadcavernsNP for example. Slaughter canyon in that park has one of just eleven caves in the world with human paintings after the twilight zone.

Also in that park is one of the most massive caves ever discovered. 138+ miles and more being discovered constantly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave which is also part of r/carlsbadcavernsNP. I created that sub because that park is CRIMINALLY under appreciated. The main cave of the park was formed by mostly not by water but by bacteria producing sulphuric acid eroding limestone. That makes it an incredibly rare cave with incredibly unique formations.

Edit: I’m really so over the moon the sub exploded to a few hundred subscribers. Thank you! I also run r/guadalupeNationalPark and r/bigbendnationalpark which are both amazing and within 45 minutes to 4 hours of each other. If you love the desert you would be in heaven at these under visited parks. This makes this year not so shitty for me. If it gets even one person to visit any of these my life is complete.