Humans May Have Been In The Americas 20K Yrs Before We Thought

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Pretty cool little discovery could add chapters to our history books. 

https://www.sciencealert.com/shocking-new-findings-suggest-meso-america-was-home-to-humans-33-000-years-ago

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Archaeologists from the US and Mexico have finally dug into its earliest chapter, using advanced dating techniques to determine the age of animal bones buried among the rock shelter's oldest layers.

The results were astonishing, hinting at a human presence in the area as far back as 33,000 years ago – thousands of years before ice sheets stretched to their peak, and around 20,000 years earlier than currently accepted evidence suggests.

It'll take more than a few odd radiocarbon measurements to demand a complete rethink, of course. But the results of this recent study led by Iowa State University archaeologist Andrew Somerville are bound to fuel the ongoing debate over the timeline of human migration into the heart of the Americas

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[NotActuallyALonghorn 4999]

This just seems like another shovelful of dirt in a long line of shovelfuls piled on top of the grave of the Clovis First hypothesis. The reality is that the history of human occupation in the Americas is probably much more complicated than we will ever really know.

Edited June 4, 2021 by NotActuallyALonghorn