Radiocarbon dating has officially confirmed that humans were present in the Americas 10,000 years earlier than we thought.
Back in 2019, footprints were found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. At the time, researchers used pollen and seeds to date the footprints to between 23,000 years and 21,000 years ago. These dates were 10,000 years older than the famous Clovis remains that had been the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas for almost a century. This new evidence sent the anthropological community into an uproar, leading many to question the validity of the dating methods.
A new study, published in Science Advances, used a new method to date the footprints — an analysis of ancient mud. This new analysis produced results that confirm the date of the footprints and prove that everything we know about the first North American culture may be wrong.
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