Placing Man in America 28,000 Years Ago; New Mexico Find Indicates Human Presence Far Earlier Than Believed

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 10, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Dramatic new evidence that humans had entered the New World by at least 28,000 years ago - twice as far into the past as has been universally accepted - and perhaps even 38,000 years ago, was reported here today.

The archaeologist who led the team that made the finds in a New Mexico cave on the grounds of Fort Bliss pronounced them "incontrovertible evidence of the presence of humans" before the usually cited date of 11,500 years ago.

While several claims of comparably old or even older finds have been made, none has offered both indisputable evidence of human presence and secure dating. ...

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