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    "title": "Man in Americas earlier than thought – Nov 17, 2004",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2004/11/17/man-in-americas-earlier-than-thought-nov-17-2004/",
    "datePublished": "2004-11-17",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-18",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Link: CNN.com - Scientist:Man in Americas earlier than thought - Nov 17, 2004. An archaeologist from the University of South Carolina on Wednesdayannounced radiocarbon tests that dated the first human…",
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    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
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# Man in Americas earlier than thought – Nov 17, 2004

Link: [CNN.com - Scientist:Man in Americas earlier than thought - Nov 17, 2004](http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/17/carolina.dig/index.html).

> An archaeologist from the University of South Carolina on Wednesday
> announced radiocarbon tests that dated the first human settlement in
> North America to 50,000 years ago -- at least 25,000 years before other
> known human sites on the continent.

Wow. Transatlantic Hide Boats...

Where's [Thor Heyerdahl](http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/th/thor_heyerdahl.html) when you need him?