Oddbean new post about login | logout There’s more evidence that people walked at White Sands 23,000 years ago That means people must have been in the Americas even longer than we thought. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/theres-more-evidence-that-people-walked-at-white-sands-23000-years-ago/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/183/738/311/272/299/original/094975d58776a37d.jpg
@872ab8e1 That finally "we" should probably be something more specific, like "scientists" or "white settlers." Native peoples have always said they've been on their continent a whole lot longer than scientists have said, but because it was recorded in oral tradition, the scientists didn't believe them
@872ab8e1 What a terrifically different biodiversity those people live with than existed even pre-colonization…I see MASTODONS! #MastodonTracks #IceAge #TimeImmemorial #TurtleIsland https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/111/184/221/949/800/232/original/48c3a559ce130a0b.jpeg
