The timeline for when humans first came to America has been shrouded in mystery, shifting by thousands of years on either side.
Now a geologist from the Smithsonian Institution believes he has uncovered new evidence in Maryland that could rewrite the nation’s history.
Darrin Lowery discovered 286 artifacts in the Chesapeake Bay, with the oldest embedded in charcoal that dated back more than 22,000 – at least 7,000 years earlier than what scientists believe was when people initially populated America.
Lowery and his team have been excavating Parsons Island for over a decade, finding ancient stone tools in layers of sediment that were dated by studying preserved pollen and microfossils.
I thought people looked older but 7,000 years is a lOT.
Obiden is one of them!