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This content was posted on  27 Jul 20  by   The Long Now Foundation  on  Website
Discovery in Mexican Cave May Drastically Change the Known Timeline of Humans’ Arrival to the

Human history in the Americas may be twice long as long as previously believed — at least 26,500 years — according to authors of a new study at Mexico’s Chiquihuite cave and other sites throughout Central Mexico.

According to the study’s lead author Ciprian Ardelean:

“This site alone can’t be considered a definitive conclusion. But with other sites in North America like Gault (Texas), Bluefish Caves (Yukon), maybe Cactus Hill (Virginia)—it’s strong enough to favor a valid hypothesis that there were humans here probably before and almost surely during the Last Glacial Maximum.”

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