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Serious question, did the Clovis people actually disappear or just change their tools?
I used to buy into the whole Clovis-first model hook line and sinker, thinking those fluted points were the earliest and then everyone just vanished. Then I read about the pre-Clovis site at Monte Verde in Chile with artifacts dated to 14,500 years ago, which totally flipped that timeline. So are we looking at a real population replacement or just a shift in stone tool tech that got muddled in the record?
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jamiew8312d ago
Monte Verde really threw a rock in my Clovis-centric worldview, guess I should just stick to breaking points instead of timelines.
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wesleybutler11d ago
Yeah @jamiew83 pretty much nailed it, Monte Verde really made a mess of that neat little timeline we all had in our heads. I mean it seems way more likely that the Clovis toolkit just spread around to different groups rather than those people literally vanishing into thin air, idk.
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