Oldest American artefact unearthed. Oregon caves yield evidence of continent's first inhabitants.

Nature.com ^ | 5 November 2009 | Rex Dalton

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Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave that dates back 14,230 years.

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An Oregon cave has yielded the oldest artefact ever found in the Americas.

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Helen Thomas camp ground?

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From The Vitamin Press

[freedumb2003]

8,000 years before the Universe existed. Wow!

;)

[cripplecreek]

I suspect things considerably older would be found if we could get at the ancient shorelines from when the ocean levels were lower.

[Red in Blue PA]

In other news, Helen Thomas reports her purse was found.

[muir_redwoods]

"fossilized human excrement, dated to 14,000 to 14,270 years ago"

Sen. Robert Byrd was found in Oregon?

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I knew as soon as I hit the post button I would regret it...I apologize

[Hegemony Cricket]

Ping

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[NotThere]

I bet he wishes has dead.

[NotThere]

I meant “was dead” - argh...

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[TheVitaminPress]

LOL. Hey is that Knut?

[DocRock]

Here is some 12,000 to 14,000 year old art near the current coastline. You may be on to something.

[Doogle]

nah...random

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Now that i have a daughter,i know who Knut is..
A birthday present from our health provider, the book.

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[SunkenCiv]

Whoops! And thanks hennie pennie.

[cripplecreek]

It just makes sense to me. We know the sea levels rose and fell during the glacial periods and people tend to travel by water and near water.

I also tend to think its possible that man came to this continent from both Asia and Europe. We really don’t have any firm dates for when the boat was invented and the distances would have been shorter during the glacial period for island hopping.