boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMore evidence that humans were in North America over 20,000 years agoarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down15
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSo happy to see this. I parted ways with our local archaeological society due to a lack of curiosity about anything pre-Clovis. “We don’t need to look for anything older than 9,000 years because there can’t be anything older than 9,000 years so we don’t need to look.” (Ahem) https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_rock_sandals/
So happy to see this. I parted ways with our local archaeological society due to a lack of curiosity about anything pre-Clovis.
“We don’t need to look for anything older than 9,000 years because there can’t be anything older than 9,000 years so we don’t need to look.”
(Ahem)
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_rock_sandals/