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38,000-year-old Human Footprints in Mexico

Posted by timothy on from the too-early-for-good-mexican-food dept.

bornyesterday writes "The dominant theory that the earliest settlers of the American continents is that our ancestors crossed a land bridge in the Bering Strait 11,000 years ago. New evidence of human footprints in volcanic ash in Mexico suggests that humans were present 38,000 years ago."

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  1. Re:But... by Gherald · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or vice-versa.

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  2. But who survived? by mc6809e · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's entirely possible that humans did come to the Americas 40,000 years ago.

    But for how long did they survive and Are there any of their decendants left?