***Humans may have come to Oregon earlier than 12,000 years ago,****
Years ago, on a National Geograohic special, L.S.B. Leakey, of Kenya fame, came to the U.S. and toured a site that was estimated to be about 12000 years old. Out of his African element, he declared the artifacts were actually 120000 years old.
No one there believed him but no one corrected him because he was the patron saint of evolution.
Yup. Leakey was involved with dating this site in California years ago.