The 14,500 Year Old Site — Now Dated to 8,200 Years
For 30 years, Monte Verde was the gold standard for the earliest human settlement in the Americas. A forensic look at a new geological analysis that places an...
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For 30 years, Monte Verde was the gold standard for the earliest human settlement in the Americas. A forensic look at a new geological analysis that places an...
At a Native American burial site in Georgia, archaeologists found Spanish copper coins carefully placed around a human skull alongside high-status items. A...
For generations, a solitary 6.5-foot stone in a Derbyshire forest was dismissed as a simple waymarker. A forensic look reveals it is actually the center of a...
A red ochre flute player figure was discovered in the Canadian Rockies, matching rock art styles typically found 1,200 miles south in the American Southwest. A...
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