I have recently been finding fossilized mammal skulls from the pleistocene and holocene on my property on a hillside in N E Ohio. For example a skull of a "large headed llama", and some sabre cats. I then found what I recognize to be effigy artifact tools for marrow removal, and fossil skulls used as paint pots for red ochre, also some with white ochre. Many of the fossils have a fine coating of ochre and sand, which seems to have helped to preserve some remarkably well. Finding these on my hillside property was quite a suprise to me, but now Ive found what I recognize as hominid skulls. The one looks to me almost like it is a plastered skull similar to the Neanderhal plastered skulls from Jordan. Two of these hominid skulls look more like H. habillis or H. naledi to me, but again, this is in N E Ohio. I'm aware that Clovis people, have passed through this area. Yet, I wonder if these would be artifacts that they had collected, or if these are possibly from an even earlier or a later culture and transported here. Otherwise, I'm wondering if it is possible that these hominids actually lived in or passed through N. America. Any help with this will certainly be appreciated. I will gladly provide photos for a better understanding of what I am describing if there is an interest, or if anyone can help with identification.
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