As Graham often reminds us, ”Stuff just keeps on getting older…”. Recent discoveries in Central Texas have pushed back on the belief of ‘Clovis first’…
From the GHMB News Desk:
”Researchers have found new evidence that the first humans settled in North America much earlier than the Clovis culture that peopled the early Americas…
A team of anthropologists at the Texas State University in San Marcos has unearthed a massive assemblage of artifacts dating as far back as 16,700 to 21,700 years ago.
The new discovery provides new evidence contradicting the long-standing theory that the first humans that arrived in North America were the Clovis people, believed to have appeared 13,500 years ago.
The collection was unearthed at the Gault Site in Buttermilk Creek Valley just 40 miles north of Austin in central Texas. The site has abundant water sources and high-quality flint outcroppings for making stone tools, making it an attractive spot for early humans to settle on…”
Sources:
• Who were the first Americans? Ancient tools dug up in Texas add to the debate
• Ancient Stone Toolmakers Came To North America Far Earlier Than Clovis People
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