One of archaeology’s most hotly debated topics, the arrival of humans in the Americas, has received an added impetus. New evidence emerged from Parsons Island
link to white paper
WaPo has it too… 22,000 years ago…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/05/19/first-americans-chesapeake-parsons-island/
Which isn’t far off the 18,000 year old findings in Oregon.
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/15/archaeology-southern-oregon-human-habitation-18000-years-ago/
I dabbled in archaeology, but the people running the program made me rage.
“We don’t look for anything older than 9,000 years.”
“Why not?”
“Because there’s nothing to find.”
“How do you know if you haven’t looked?”
“Because we know there’s nothing there.”
That’s very frustrating, seems like an area where you should always keep an open mind.
