There is mounting evidence of very early human occupation in North and South America, such as artifacts from a rock shelter in Oregon and another in Brazil, which have been dated to 18,000 to 22,000 years ago, respectively.
For example, a recent discovery suggests that Oregon may contain the oldest human-occupied site in North America. Archaeologists in Oregon discovered an animal tooth at a rockshelter that was over 18,000 years old. If their analysis of the artifact and other artifacts at the location is accurate, it may indicate that the shallow cave is one of the earliest settlement sites in North America.
Meanwhile, Giant pendants made of sloth bones show that humans lived in South America at least 25,000 years ago, over 5,000 miles to the south. The Prehistoric sloth-bone pendants suggest that humans were present in Brazil earlier than previously believed.
The new dates are Based on an unlikely source: pendants made from the bones of an extinct giant ground sloth, and researchers have revised the date of human arrival in South America back to at least 25,000 years ago.
Three sloth osteoderms were found in the Santa Elina rock shelter in central Brazil, and they were found close to stone tools. Sloth osteoderms are bony deposits that form a kind of protective armor over the skin of animals like armadillos. The discovery is one of the earliest signs of human presence in the Americas.
SOURCES:
https://www.iflscience.com/oldest-home-in-north-america-18000-year-old-relics-found-in-oregon-rockshelter-69759
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/humans-were-in-south-america-at-least-25000-years-ago-giant-sloth-bone-pendants-reveal
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Thank you. Can you do something about the so called black natives skeletons in Wisconsin?
Solutreans??
Eventually we will understand that people have been in the Americas for more than 50,000 years or even much longer.
I've been looking at the rocks for over 60 years in south Idaho to Az. And see artifact's that have to be that old at the minimum.
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Hate the robotic voice.
Finally, the obstinate resistance of funded academics is starting to break down! As a side note, several years ago a Brazilian female archaeologist (working in a fiercely male-dominated discipline…) found and dated artifacts from an Atlantic coastal deposit that were at least 250,000 years old. She was, of course, dismissed, ridiculed and hounded out of the profession by her male critics in short order. Such early things just could not exist, because…well, they said so! Who is she to upset the apple cart? Haven't heard a word from her since.
The presence of extinct horses makes me wonder if those early people used those horses. If people were using horses back then it would mean they could explore and move faster than previously thought.
I think they are Denisovans. I believe they came here 130,000 years ago. There is more than enough evidence they had the opportunity and the ability to follow the animals they hunt. Bison, wooly mammoths, wolverines, giant beavers, deer, horses, and camels. Modern humans were here 16,000 years ago and the oldest DNA is 10,000 years old. But… someone was here a lot longer ago and there is no proof if it was Homo Sapiens or Denisovans.
is there a dna scientist who can gauge the time scales for racial divergence yet? seeing as the geologists keep surprising themselves and walking the dates backwards…
Whenever bison migrated into N. America, humans were coming with them, following the gravy train so to speak.
A América é o continente mais fascinante, mais belo , mais misterioso e ainda com toda uma história a ser descoberta pra ser contada
These people were probably killed off by the later 'Native Americans.' And there were no beads offered or reservations provided.
The "Ice Free Corridor" would have been hundreds of miles of frozen swamp!
A fascinating study, thanks for that.
STOP REPEATING EVERYTHING… Microscopic visualization techniques? What? Say 25,000 to 27,000 years one more time….
When I was in Uni it was 16k year old based on Clovis points but I was that doesn't make sense I bet we been here more than 50k at least. Anthropology, archeology and paleontology are prone to revision as more evidence emerges. Remember, " the Native Americans' say: "We've always been here" which means so long there's no cultural memory of the journey.
Well, the Australo-Asian derived Yaghan people of Southern Chile are believed to have arrivedas early as 45,000 years ago. And there are other peoples in South America with genetics derived from the same source
Clovis was not first
Thanks for the video. Mainstream science has lost the plot. For year they've attached anyone who presented evidence against Clovis First. Stop listening to those that aren't correct
Would be better with a human narrating voice. Sloth is not pronounced slouwth.
Thank you for considering our research in this amazing video.
Parabéns! Dra Mirian Pacheco.
The great Dr. Jacob Bronowski in 1973 noted that migration into North and South America took place 14,000 and 28,000 years ago. This notation was made in his book and video documentary “The Ascent of Man”. In my opinion it is the greatest documentary ever produced and presented on TV. The 2nd greatest documentary belongs too Carl Sagan “Cosmos”.