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  1. Did the Pre-Clovis Cultures in America Originate from Japan?

    One of the most contentious issue in American, if not world archaeology is the validity of the ‘Clovis first’ theory, which is based on the argument that humans first came into America with the opening of a vast ice corridor running from north-west to south-east about 13,000 years ago. While this used to be the mainstream belief, trumping other fringe theories, a complete turnaround has just surfaced and the evidence of pre-Clovis habitation is now irrefutable. But who were these people and where did they come from?

    ashley cowie - 11/10/2019 - 20:20

  2. The Great American Origins Debate: Clovis First vs Pre-Clovis

    The standard school curriculum teaches that Native Americans descended from a small band of Paleo-Indian people from north-east Asia who walked across the now-vanished Beringia land-bridge between Siberia and Alaska, sometime during the final glacial episodes of the late Pleistocene period between 12,000 and 15,000 years ago.

    ashley cowie - 08/08/2018 - 16:41

  3. Oldest Weapons Ever Discovered in North America Pre-date Clovis

    Texas A&M University researchers have discovered what are believed to be the oldest weapons ever found in North America: ancient spear points that are 15,500 years old. The findings raise new questions about the settlement of early peoples on the continent.

    ancient-origins - 25/10/2018 - 18:59

  4. Evidence for Pre-Clovis Inhabitants of Americas Emerges from Sea Floor

    A fisherman inadvertently dragged up one of the most significant pieces of evidence for the existence of ancient inhabitants of North America prior to the Clovis people, who walked the land some 15,000 years ago. A small wooden scallop trawler was dredging the seafloor off the coastline of Chesapeake Bay, when he hit a snag. When he pulled up his net, he found a 22,000-year-old mastodon skull and a flaked blade made of a volcanic rock called rhyolite.

    aprilholloway - 12/08/2014 - 03:18

  5. 16,700-Year-Old Tools Found in Texas Change Known History of North America

    Archaeologists in Texas have found a set of 16,700-year-old tools which are among the oldest discovered in the West. Until now, it was believed that the culture that represented the continent’s first inhabitants was the Clovis culture. However, the discovery of the ancient tools now challenges that theory, providing evidence that human occupation precedes the arrival of the Clovis people by thousands of years.

    Natalia Klimczak - 21/07/2016 - 03:38

  6. Stone tool unearthed in Oregon may date back 15,800 years or more

    A stone tool believed to be 15,800 years old or older and with bison blood on it, has been excavated from deep under the earth’s surface in Oregon, archaeologists announced. If the scraper, made from orange agate, is that old it is one of the earliest signs of habitation ever found in the Americas.

    Archaeologists found the scraper digging underneath a layer of volcanic ash from a Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption of about 15,800 years before the present.

    Mark Miller - 09/03/2015 - 01:14

  7. Life Before the Clovis: Portable Rock Art as Evidence of Pre Ice Age Humans in North America

    The worship of carved stone dates back to man’s earliest evolution. Portable rock art is human made markings on movable natural rock or stone. A global phenomenon, these Stone Age objects have been found in many regions of the world with similar motifs. Some of the natural shape and properties of rocks were exploited to achieve the desired visual results.

    Jul Jones - 31/10/2018 - 18:05

  8. Ice Wall Blocked Americas Land Route Until 13,800 Years Ago Says Study

    A long-standing debate about the peopling of the Americas has been whether the first humans arrived there over the Siberia-Alaska land mass called Beringia or by traveling along the Pacific coast in small boats.

    Sahir - 23/03/2022 - 17:47

  9. Rare Bones and DNA of tiny children surprise scientists, support ideas about migration into the Americas 11,000 years ago

    The small bodies of infants buried in an ancient campsite in the wilds of Alaska have given researchers a surprising and unprecedented look into the lives of prehistoric peoples and the ancient lineages of Native Americans. These rare bones are said to be the earliest human remains found in northern North America.

    lizleafloor - 27/10/2015 - 20:45

  10. Oldest Bone Projectile Point in the Americas Found Stuck in a Mastodon’s Rib!

    Analysis of a 13,900-year-old bone projectile point has led to two major discoveries. First and most importantly, it is the oldest known artifact of its kind in the Americas! This archaeological treasure was uncovered at the Manis Mastodon site in Washington, USA during an excavation in the late 1970s, and it has now been put under the scanner, quite literally.

    Sahir - 04/02/2023 - 17:53

  11. The Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who Really Discovered America?

    In his story of Atlantis, written at around 360 BC, Plato mentioned a grand island or continent across the Atlantic, one larger than Libya and Asia combined. This continent was so enormous, he said, “it encompassed (wrapped around) that veritable ocean”.

    Christos Djonis - 08/09/2021 - 01:53

  12. New Evidence Pushes Back Peopling of the Americas Almost 20,000 Years

    New research supports the idea that the Clovis-first theory is outdated. Two studies published in the journal Nature provide more evidence that the peopling of the Americas took place well before 13,000 years ago. In fact, the studies suggest the date for the arrival of humans into the Americas should be pushed back to as far as 30,000 years ago.

    Alicia McDermott - 22/07/2020 - 16:00

  13. Short Lived Clovis Tools May Have Killed Off North American Megafauna

    While they were not the earliest inhabitants of the Americas, the Clovis people had an extremely significant prehistoric culture that was distinctive and widespread across what is now North America. Clovis tools and weapons, including the iconic Clovis spear point, are easily recognized by almost every North American archaeological student. But new research reveals that Clovis tool manufacturing only existed for about 300 years and fell by the wayside at the same time as the last of the North American megafauna went extinct.

    Alicia McDermott - 28/10/2020 - 21:01

  14. Humans Got To America 7,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, New Research Confirms

    Matthew Robert Bennett & Sally Christine Reynolds/The Conversation

    ancient origins - 06/10/2023 - 14:53

  15. New Mexico Mammoth Bones from 37,000 years ago “Upend” Clovis Theory

    A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Texas have uncovered compelling evidence to prove human beings settled in North America much earlier than had once been believed. That evidence comes from the excavated bones of a mother mammoth and her calf that were apparently killed and butchered by indigenous Americans living in the lands of modern-day New Mexico approximately 37,000 years ago.

    Nathan Falde - 02/08/2022 - 22:58

  16. Humans' First Appearance in the Americas: Challenging Clovis (Video)

    In the dense wilderness of Brazil's Piauí state, archaeologists are unraveling a profound narrative about human history in the Americas. The prevailing belief that humans arrived about 13,000 years ago, known as the Clovis first theory, is now being challenged.

    Robbie Mitchell - 18/09/2023 - 20:57

  17. Previous Models of Ancient Populations in the Americas were ‘Unrealistically Simple’

    A new genetic study of ancient individuals in the Americas and their contemporary descendants finds that two populations that diverged from one another 18,000 to 15,000 years ago remained apart for millennia before mixing again. This historic "re-convergence" occurred before or during their expansion to the southern continent.

    ancient-origins - 02/06/2018 - 01:51

  18. First Americans Arrived by Sea Over 15,000 Years Ago, Surprise Finding Suggests

    Archaeologists have made what could be a pivotal discovery in the populating of the Americas, challenging previous dominant theories of how the first people arrived.

    Ed Whelan - 30/08/2019 - 18:48

  19. 10,000-Year-Old Spirit Cave Mummy Revealed as Belonging to an Early Caravan of Immigrants to the Americas

    A new twist in the mapping of early human migrations into North and South America has occurred after DNA samples from the 10,000-year-old “Spirit Cave mummy,” unearthed in a cave in Nevada, revealed it’s the ancestor of a Native American tribe.

    ashley cowie - 13/11/2018 - 23:01

  20. Claims for Early Settling of the Americas Challenged By New Study

    When were the Americas settled? When did humans first set foot there? These leading questions continue to baffle scientists and historians alike, as ever emerging new evidence sets the date back, or sometimes pushes it forward.

    Sahir - 22/04/2022 - 23:07

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