Evidence suggests Oregon may be North America's oldest human occupation site, UO archaeologists say
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Patrick O'Grady and other archaeologists at the University of Oregon have discovered new evidence suggesting that Oregon could be North America's oldest site of human occupation.
We're talking 18 thousand years ago, according to a new radiocarbon dating analysis.
If that's true, it would be way earlier than archaeologists had thought, coming before the Clovis culture; once seen as the oldest.
The team began excavating the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Burns, Oregon, in 2011.
An orange agate tool discovered in 2012 was preserved under a layer of volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens eruption over 15,000 years ago.
They also found the remains of 3 different ice age animals, which O'Grady says is rare.
"In 2012, we found this tooth enamel with this stone tool underneath, and so this is the one that tested positive for bison blood," O'Grady says. "But it was actually buried under camel tooth enamel."
"We have dated camel tooth enamel that tells a story about the association of extinct animals and people in Oregon 18 thousand years ago," O'Grady continues.
Camels or camelops actually roamed around Oregon thousands of years ago.
The reason they disappeared from North America is still up for debate.
Just last month, the team announced that this blood residue revealed animal proteins on a tool found in the rock shelter.
People only occupied this area for a short period. it was more of a place they passed through.
One stone was not from the area, suggesting it had been carried from a long distance and proving this was an area people passed through.
The team also would have expected to find more tools at the site had it been a more permanent home.
The discovery is teaching us about more than just our past. You can read the full article here: katu.com/news/...
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We've been around much much longer than that.
Great grammar, kid. Kudos for the effort.
Might have been the things carried by 2 men who lost them on a hunting expedition and have zero to do with climate change at the time. BUT putting the words 'understanding climate change' into a grant proposal opens up all kinds or cash flow.
I work at Quiznos. The Gualt site in Texas is older.
Yeah I knew that already, cool to see a random news video inadvertently attempting to cover the events that we know nothing about through a period of time no one has any answers too. Good luck!
24,000 years old at Bluefish Caves in the Yukon is still older
Another comment for the yotube algorithm. Interesting information. Thanks for the videos.👍
The Climate Cult Sees Climate Change Everywhere.. Nevermind Antarctic sea Ice is the biggest eva recorded. 😂
Earth was always the same eden??
Well maybe it was a camel tooth from far away like the stone come from far away.
And how do we know they were just passing through? Remember the ash covered the artifacts meaning they may have been pushed on by an eruption OoOoO
Mt St Helens erupted in 1980
@@Automedon2 it erupted before the 1980 eruption but who knows exactly when?
They've no true evidence of anything.
solve climate change? we can't, we do move to more favourable climes tho'
Oh, what was causing climate change in those days? Did they drive big gas guzzling cars or use natural gas cooking stoves? Tell us more about that climate change they were dealing with. If only the federal income tax were high enough, everything would have been okay, right? They must have been Republicans!
If only these peoples had a greta thurnberg things might have ended differently 🤣
How Dare You😂
They just stopped to get high.
It's the same today.
Worthless $hit Hole.