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Challenging Current Timelines: New Fossil Finds Suggest Early Humans in South America Over 20,000 Years Ago


Tool marks might represent some of the earliest known signs of human presence in southern South America. Recent findings from Argentina indicate human presence and exploitation of large mammals over 20,000 years ago, challenging previous beliefs about when humans first settled in the Americas. A

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