Question about the 'Clovis First' idea after a dig in New Mexico

I was helping on a dig near Santa Fe last fall, and we found stone tools under a layer dated to 16,000 years ago. My professor always taught that the Clovis people were the first in the Americas around 13,000 years back. Seeing those older tools in the ground, right in front of me, made that old idea seem wrong. Has anyone else worked on a site that clearly pushed back the date for human arrival?

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nina_knight9921d ago

Whoa, that's not how dating layers works though.

jason_wood21d ago

Remember this one time my friend tried to date someone based SOLELY on their "professional layer" from LinkedIn. Completely ignored how they acted outside of work. Turns out the guy had a whole other personality for weekends, like a totally different person. It was a mess. Layers aren't separate things you check off a list, they all mix together. You gotta see the whole picture, not just one slice.

the_lucas21d ago

Ugh, @jason_wood, that sounds like a rough lesson to learn the hard way.