Humans reached the Americas 11,000 years earlier than previously thought, archaeologists discover

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

An extraordinary new archaeological discovery has revealed that humans arrived in the Americas at least 11,000 years earlier than previously thought - rewriting the human story of the continent and dramatically changing our understanding of world prehistory.

The find reveals that humans arrived in the Americas at least 11,000 years earlier than previously thought.

The find – in central Mexico – indicates the continent was first colonised at some stage prior to 30,000 BC.

Until now, the earliest proven colonisation had been dated to around 19,000 BC, meaning the America’s human story is at least 50 per cent longer than previously thought.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/humans-reached-americas-11-000-140807872.html

[Beakybird]

1. This is a good argument for extending unemployment benefits.

We've been paying into the system for 30,000 years. We deserve something in return.

[jpak]

2. Wow what kind of world did they live in?

Thanks for posting

[2naSalit]

3. There's a lot of skepticism about this claim...

Lab testing on the "artifacts" has not been conducted nor has this been peer reviewed. The evidence is thin and waiting to see if there's any signs of use of that stone "tool" is wise.

Only speculation at this point.

[Hortensis]

4. Exciting, but not a surprise. With new technology enabling

incredible advances in knowledge, if I were in college now I'd seriously consider becoming a historian. I figure everything recorded was probably done many times before then without a surviving record.

I mean, really: with many millennia of shepherds standing guard on the lonely reaches of Eurasia alone, people on boats with nothing but the skies horizon to horizon for company, was Archimedes really the first to comprehend leverage and "discover" pi, or Copernicus the first to realize the earth circled the sun? Not a chance.