Oldest Evidence of Humans in North America Found in Texas

Cowabungaa

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Anarchemitis said:
wammnebu said:
ya gotta love paleontology/paleoanthropology

find one bone/pot shard/geometric hole, and your entire theorey needs redrafting
Horray for the malleability of science, always pointing us towards new discoveries in our universe.
I once talked to someone who actually called that a disadvantage and even an argument against science.
Them typical anti-evolutionists can be so funny sometimes. But then I serious'd because they have so much influence.
 

TheRealCJ

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Jeez, of all the places for this evidence to be found, it had to be found in the BIBLE BELT.

I kid, I kid.
 

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'But then they discovered it was all of Geoff of Rooster Teeth's [http://roosterteeth.com/home.php] trash he never bothered picking up from day one. Scientists were understandably disappointed.
But then they played some Grifball and all were happy.'

Just goes to show, that even with all the crappy weather from hot to cold, Texas appeals to anybody. Even ancient hunters.
 

Scorched_Cascade

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Quaxar said:
Formica Archonis said:
Quaxar said:
Also, where are the pictures of their stone guns?
What, you think they'd leave a pickup like that on the ground? You know it got snatched up a second after it spawned! Unbalanced the whole map, that thing.
Right... I heard the Dallas part is pretty much sniper-only.
Ohhh daring!

I'm taking this find as evidence that there is a higher being out there with a twisted sense of humour.
 

Mechsoap

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Call me Guest said:
I guess this isn't just a gaming site after all?
Its mainly about gaming, but scientific discoveries, and geek culture is featured here too.
 

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I like it when the escapist covers other things besides gaming. Im able to learn something new about SCIENCEEE!!
 

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ImprovizoR said:
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Texas, huh? And who says god has no sense of humor!
I was gonna comment on the ironic side as well. I wonder what are those crazy church people gonna say about this.
GOD PUT THEM THERE TO HELP OUR ANCESTORS KILL ATHEISTS AND FOREIGNERS

They're not that old, scientists can't REALLY tell how old something is by how deep it is, that's just silly.

Summut like that anyhoo... :p
 

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I hate to be a downer, but pre-Clovis sites have been found before and often end up being incorrectly dated. In Peru, for example, they found a cave they assumed was over 3,000 years older then the Clovis site due to the dating of ash (showing early use of fire) and the depth that certain stone tools were buried. Turns out that tree line dating showed that a massive forest fire had occurred after the Clovis discovery, which had blown ash into the abandoned cave and made it look like the tools were created far earlier then they were. There was also another case where a pre-Clovis site turned out to be just thousands of rocks chipped from falling off a cliff (which no longer existed due to development). For more information, see 'A Short History of Progress' and Jared Diamond's books.

Although it will be very interesting if this is true, it might be a bit too early to proclaim this as legitimate, so I definitely agree with some of the skepticism of the other archaeologists.
 

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No no no! Texas isn't where you go to find how long the North American continent has been inhabited. It's where you go to see just how little evolvin' has been taking place since!
Yes, you just need to stare across the border.
You mean across the Red River? Cuz that's where a colony of neanderthals settled. East? Uhm, that's where the inbred swamp people live. West? Huh, didn't know that desolate wasteland was ever inhabited. Good to know. South? Dude, that's so racist /mockingsarcasm.

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