14,300-year-old Dried Human Feces found in Paisley Caves

austriantribune.com ^ | Tue, 10/07/2014 - 07:59 | Anja Prohaska on

[BenLurkin]

The discovery demonstrates the presence of an ancient human population in America's Far West at the end of the last ice age. It was found that human coprolites were of Siberia-east Asian origins and is between 13,000 and 13,200 years old.

The findings also confirmed that these fossilized samples were a thousand years older than the Clovis civilization, Paleo-Indian people who were used to reside in New Mexico around 11,500 years ago.

Jenkins's work at the site began in 2002, but archaeologists first began exploring the caves as early as 1938. He said, "As we have used increasingly sophisticated scientific techniques in recent years, our understanding of the cultural and megafaunal remains at the site has grown dramatically".

[dsc]

“Hory clap!”

Chinese has L but not R, while Japanese has R but not L.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[dsc]

“I had an anthropology professor who always said: ‘Civilization is what happens between ice ages’.”

Brilliant, and thought-provoking.

I wonder if we will be able to endure the next one.

[Flag_This]

"Oh, I’m sure they had cruelty-free bear discouragement kits."

Yes, it's completely true. They were kinder and gentler then and lived in perfect harmony with Nature... before the arrival of the white people.

[Max in Utah]

Bruce Lee said that he was chosen for the role of Kato in the Green Hornet TV series because he was the only Chinese guy in Southern California who could pronounce “Britt Reid”.

[dsc]

“Bruce Lee said that he was chosen for the role of Kato in the Green Hornet TV series because he was the only Chinese guy in Southern California who could pronounce “Britt Reid”.”

Nevertheless.

[gleeaikin]

I think they can test the DNA or Haplogroups in the coprolites or something like that??

[SunkenCiv]

Possibly. If the feces come from a cannibal, then it’ll be more likely to work.

[SunkenCiv]

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