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Update: I used to think the Clovis people were first in the Americas
For years, I was sure the Clovis culture from around 13,000 years ago were the first people here. Then I read about the White Sands footprints in New Mexico, which are dated to about 23,000 years ago. That evidence totally changed my view on when humans actually arrived. Has anyone else had a long-held belief in archaeology flipped by a single find?
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linda_murphy2mo ago
Hold on, one site doesn't just rewrite the whole story. Those dates could be wrong.
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cole_patel418d ago
Hang on, I gotta admit I was exactly the same way. Thought Clovis was the start and end of the story for years, like the official origin story of the Americas. Then the White Sands dates came out and I felt like that guy in the old meme who's sweating over two buttons, trying to pick which one to press. Idk, maybe it's just me, but I love when a single discovery makes you realize you've been confidently wrong about something you didn't even question. It's almost as embarrassing as the time I thought "decimate" literally meant to kill one out of every ten people, which I totally did for way too long.
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