April 3, 2016

Large Genetic Study Reveals New Pre-Clovis Dates

Australian, Harvard, and California genetic researchers have studied 92 Pre-Columbian mummies and skeletons that were dated at 500-8,600 years old. They show the almost total extinction of Pre-Columbian populations and their gene pools by European contact. They also found that the First Americans entered the Americas in Pre-Clovis times, 16,000 years ago, via the Pacific Coast, skirting around the ice bound Beringia blockage. They reached Chile at 14,600 years ago as Tom Dillehay has proven at Monte Verde. The research was published in the peer reviewed “Science Advances.“

Popular Archaeology has the report here;
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/spring-2016/article/ancient-dna-sheds-new-light-on-early-americans

Mike Ruggeri’s Pre-Clovis and Clovis World
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Mike Ruggeri’s Pre-Clovis and Clovis World Magazine
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