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Humans may have Arrived in the Americas 100,000 Years Earlier than Thought

posted by martyb on Friday April 28 2017, @11:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the shoulda-made-a-left-at-Albuquerque dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39710311

A study that claims humans reached the Americas 130,000 years ago - much earlier than previously suggested - has run into controversy.

Humans are thought to have arrived in the New World no earlier than 25,000 years ago, so the find would push back the first evidence of settlement by more than 100,000 years.

The conclusions rest on analysis of animal bones and tools from California.

But many experts contacted by the BBC said they doubted the claims.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @06:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @06:45PM (#501270)

    Maybe Jesus broke them and buried them really deep just to mess with us?