New evidence that humans settled in southeastern US far earlier than previously believed

phys.org ^ | May 13, 2016

[rdl6989]

The discovery of stone tools found in a Florida river show that humans settled the southeastern United States far earlier than previously believed—perhaps by as much as 1,500 years, according to a team of scientists that includes a University of Michigan paleontologist.

[rdl6989]

Ping.

[dhs12345]

Curious: where are the human remains of the people who used the tools.

[Regulator]

where are the human remains of the people who used the tools

....Gators got yore granny.....

[dhs12345]

Probably. With as many people roaming the continent as is implied, you’d think that we’d run across some of the remains.

Wonder if they had burial rituals which disposed of the remains.

[showme_the_Glory]

Found a confederate flag?

[RegulatorCountry]

Damp, acidic soil tends to dissolve buried remains over the centuries.

[Arm_Bears]

I’ve been asking this question for years.

If there were indeed millions and millions of aboriginal Americans infesting the continent, we ought to be up to our necks in physical remains (i.e., skeletons) as well as burial sites.

But I get called names whenever I bring up the subject.

[TheDon]

"The Clovis hunters originated south of the large ice sheets that covered Canada at that time and are the direct descendants of the earliest people who arrived in the New World around 15,000 years ago."

"Texas A&M's Waters said the Page-Ladson site has changed dramatically since it was first occupied 14,550 years ago. Millennia of deposition associated with rising water tables tied to sea level rise left the site buried under 15 feet of sediment and submerged.

Hmmmm....

[dhs12345]

We’re the remains buried?

[Rurudyne]

Well, all their Paleolithic SUVs caused global warming, the seas have risen hundreds of feet and flooded all the coastal plains where many once lived.

[Vaquero]

Human Paleolithic remains in N America are rare as hens teeth even for periods we know they were here.

BTW I subscribe to the theory that paleo europeans may have first settled N America way before Asians came across Beringia. The Solutrian Hypothosis

[tumblindice]

One by one, they all fell into very deep holes.

[Vaquero]

Ping

[BenLurkin]

They tended to live near the ocean before it rose after the last ice age. Their remains are mostly underwater.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989.

[MayflowerMadam]

A dingo ate your baby.

[MayflowerMadam]

I’m with you on that. Sometimes logic isn’t appreciated.

[discostu]

There are a lot of burial sites. But also keep in mind it’s a big country, most of it is still wild, and human remains are small, and tend to disintegrate really well.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

They moved down from New York.