The longest trail of fossilized human footprints hints at a risky Ice Age trek
The more than 1.5-kilometer-long trail was made by a young adult carrying a toddler
![Ice Age woman carrying a toddler illustration](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/102120_ap_footprints_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
The longest set of human footprints, dated to the Ice Age, were possibly made by a young woman carrying a toddler (illustrated). Additional prints hint that the duo crossed paths with a mammoth (two shown) and a ground sloth.
Karen Carr