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Ancient stone tools hint at settlers’ epic trek to North America

Nature News - Thu 29 Aug 19

Nature, Published online: 29 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02589-216,000-year-old artefacts discovered in Idaho could be the oldest ever found on the continent.

Humans arrived in North America earlier than we thought

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 29 Aug 19

New finds in Idaho push things back to 16,500 years ago.

New artifacts suggest people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought

Phys.org - Thu 29 Aug 19

Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper's Ferry site in western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area 16,000 years ago, more than a thousand years ...

New artifacts suggest people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought, Eurekalert - Fri 30 Aug 19
New artifacts suggest first people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought, Science Blog - Fri 30 Aug 19
New artifacts suggest people arrived in North America earlier than previously thought, ScienceDaily - Thu 29 Aug 19

First American settlers may have been in Idaho 16,500 years ago, study says

FOXNews - Fri 30 Aug 19

Scientists claim they've discovered artifacts in Idaho indicating that humans were living there about 16,500 years ago, providing new evidence that early settlers found their way inland by traveling ...

Humans first arrived the in the United States 16,500 years ago - a millennium EARLIER than thought

Daily Mail - Thu 29 Aug 19

Experts from Oregon State University found stone tools and other artefacts at an archaeological dig at the Cooper's Ferry site in Idaho suggesting that people lived in the area as much as 16,500 ...

Artifacts Found in North America Suggest Humans Came By Sea

The Scientist - Thu 29 Aug 19

Dating back to 16,000 years, items from a dig site in Idaho point to the first settlers arriving by a Pacific coastal route rather than by an ice-free land bridge from Siberia.

Idaho artifacts show human presence in Americas 16,600 years ago

Reuters - Thu 29 Aug 19

Artifacts including stone tools and animal bone fragments found in Idaho dating back about 16,600 years represent what may be the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas and offer insight ...

16,000-year-old site in Idaho indicates people sailed around the ice sheet

Ars Technica - Thu 29 Aug 19

Stone tools at the Cooper's Ferry site resemble tools from Ice Age sites in Japan.

New Evidence Bolsters Theory That First Americans Arrived by the Pacific Coast

Gizmodo - Thu 29 Aug 19

Archaeological evidence excavated in western Idaho suggests humans were in the region well over 15,000 years ago—prior to the opening of the massive ice sheets that blocked entrance into ...

Before Clovis? The Original Native Americans May Have Arrived 1,000 Years Before Previously Believed

Science 2.0 - Fri 30 Aug 19

Artifacts from an archaeological dig at the Cooper's Ferry site located along the Salmon River, a tributary of the larger Columbia River basin in western Idaho, suggest that the original native ...

Cooper's Ferry archaeological finds reveal humans arrived more than 16,000 years ago

Eurekalert - Thu 29 Aug 19

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Archaeological discoveries from the Cooper's Ferry site in western Idaho indicate that humans migrated to and occupied the region by nearly ...