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Hot Takes on a Cool Discovery -OR- We're putting our foot in it - Ep 164


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A recent paper discussing footprints found years ago in New Mexico is shaking up the archaeological community. The footprints were dated to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago - problematic because concrete evidence for the earliest sites sits at around 14,000 years ago. There are older sites, but, the evidence isn't great. This new research, however, could change everything.

Links

  • Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum - Science (Original Paper)
  • Footprint Discovery Hints at Humans in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago (Scientific American)
  • Human footprints near ice age lake suggest surprisingly early arrival in the Americas (Science - News)
  • Twitter thread by Dr. Jennifer Raff
  • Paleoethnobotany (Wikipedia)
  • Radiocarbon Dating (Wikipedia)
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