New Evidence Supports Controversial Claim of Humans in The Americas 130,000 Years Ago - Science Alert

The rocks and associated objects are rocking the traditional archaeological boat again. The Cerutti Mastodon site in California has resurfaced in archaeological discourse with publication and interpretation of a new set of data. Carly Cassella delineates the arguments pro and con behind this contention, and links to key papers on the matter going back to the initial April 2017 article in Nature. Possibly even more controversial than the date of human arrival in the Americas is the "science fiction-like" suggestion that Early Humans May Have Survived the Harsh Winters by Hibernating. Study of hominin bones from the Sima de los Huesos, Cave Mayor site in Atapuerca, Spain, shows seasonal variations in growth similar to those of mammalian species that do hibernate, Robin McKie reports. Impactful may be the announcement that Archaeologists Find Evidence That a Massive Tsunami Hit Ancient Levantine Coast almost 10,000 years ago. This discovery might influence the vigorous debate on cultural development in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. And hold your horses; Climate Change Caused the Demise of Central Asia's River Civilizations, not Genghis Khan, according to the University of Lincoln. Their research "of long-term river dynamics and ancient irrigation networks" is behind this revolutionary claim. (WM)

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