The Oldest Human Site in America Was Just Found in Oregon
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Published4 months ago
Duration28:52
Video IDB4JWBdO7wP0
Languageen
CategoryEducation
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
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Views27.1K
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Comments110
Engagement Rate4.93%
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Description
For decades, we were taught the Clovis culture were the first humans in North America, but recent discoveries are rewriting history! In this video, I take you on a journey through five incredible sites that prove people were living, hunting, and leaving footprints on this continent long before the Clovis ever arrived.
0:29 The Oldest Human Site in North America
Oregon’s Rimrock Draw Rockshelter shows humans here 18,000 years ago.
4:24 50,000-Year-Old Artifacts
The Topper Site in South Carolina hints at humans tens of thousands of years before Clovis.
11:26 The Earliest Humans in Texas
The massive Gault Site reveals pre-Clovis activity in Central Texas.
14:52 Footprints of The Ancients America’s Oldest
22,000-year-old footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
22:20 19,000 Years of Human History in Pennsylvania
Meadowcroft Rockshelter preserves nearly two decades of pre-Clovis occupation.
Join me as we explore the amazing story of the first humans in North America—way earlier than anyone ever imagined!
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