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		8bitsrule on Sept 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fossil footprints reveal humans in North America e... Alaskan cave with a human-worked jaw bone of a Yukon horse, radiocarbon dated to 24,000 BP c. 1979; confirmed in 2017. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefish_Caves] [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...] [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/jacques-cinq-m...]

shusaku on Sept 25, 2021 [–]

The linked article has a footprint in New Mexico 23,000 years ago, whereas your link is in the top of Alaska at 24,000 years ago. It sounds like filling in the middle will be quite exciting!

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