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David Bustos

David Bustos

Resource Program Manager at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, credited with discovering the Ice Age human footprints that rewrote the timeline of human presence in North America.

Sep 23, 2026

In Context with School for Advanced Research

In Context with School for Advanced Research

White Sands: The Footprints Rewriting Human History

Sep 23 · 1h 10m

Michael F. BrownMODERATOR
4:53
So David, I hand you this floor first.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
4:57
Great.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
4:57
Thank you all for allowing us to speak with you today.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
5:00
I'm excited to share some of the slides about our fossil footprints.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
5:05
So yeah.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
5:06
So White Sands is an amazing place.
David Bustos
David BustosGUEST
5:09
If you've ever been there, you'll see its snow-white gypsum dunes.

53 MINS LATER

Matthew Bennett
Matthew BennettGUEST
58:09
And David is a lead on this and can probably say more.

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