It's the Ancient On History Hit.

I'm Tristan Hughes, your host.

And in today's podcast, while it's breaking news in the ancient history world, you don't

want to miss this one, because you might have noticed in the news over the past couple

of days, over the past week, this groundbreaking new discovery that has been seizing headlines

across the globe.

And this is the discovery and dating of the oldest known human footprints from North America.

To explain all about this new discovery and why it's so significant and what these footprints

can tell us about these early humans in North America, I was delighted to get on the show

at short notice, Dr. Sally Reynolds from the University of Bournemouth.

Sally is a mammalian paleontologist.

She is part of the team that has been working at this site in North America.

She is part of the team that has made this discovery.

It was brilliant to chat to her.

And without further ado, here's Sally to explain all about this new discovery.

Sally, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the podcast today.

Thank you, Tristan.

I'm really happy to be here.

Now, this is a story that has been seizing headlines across the world the past couple of days.

And as it were, it's radically reshaping, it's shining so much more light on what we know

about these earliest humans and when they possibly reach North America.

Yes, absolutely.

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