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Re-Learning History: New Evidence for Humans in North America 130,000 Years Ago
New Study Bolsters Cerutti Mastodon Site Findings
More proof humans were here over 130,000 years ago? Additional testing has added weight to the evidence there were human Mastodon Hunters on the West Coast of North America around 110,000 B.C., though many in archaeology and anthropology remain unconvinced. Then again, the Cerutti Mastodon Site in San Diego, California — and its dating — have been controversial since its discovery was announced just over three years ago.
What they discovered and documented are the remains left by human scavengers who picked apart a Mastodon carcass, and broke open its bones to get to the marrow. One of the mastodon’s tusks was even stuck vertically into the ground, as if to mark the spot. Bones which defy breaking by natural elements were shattered, and piled around the site. Anomalous rocks and cobblestones were present, primitive hammers used in their scavenging.
A new follow up paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science suggests there is substantial bone residue on the alleged stone tools or “cobbles” they found, and that testing proves this bone residue was not the result of incidental contact by natural means, but is instead smashed into the stones. At least one of the stone tools shows…
