These are the OLDEST archaeological sites in North America. The antiquity of some of these sites is becoming more widely accepted, but some are still VERY controversial. The ancient artifacts archaeologists discovered at these locations make us question everything we thought we knew about how people got to North America....

1) Meadowcroft Rockshelter, Pennsylvania, USA (14,000-16,000 BP)

2) White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA (23,000-21,000 BP)

3) Bluefish Caves, Yukon, Canada (24,000 BP)

4) Topper, South Carolina, USA (50,000 BP)

5) The Cerutti Mastodon Site, California, USA (130,000 BP)

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Chapters:
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00:00 - The Anthropology of Running
01:57 - Was Clovis First?
04:47 - Meadowcroft Rockshelter
10:48 - White Sands National Park
14:46 - Bluefish Caves
21:02 - Topper
26:33 - The Cerutti Mastodon Site
31:34 - Concluding Thoughts
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