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New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 5:32:26 AM

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The following title can be found by those with access to the NYTimes website:

Spearheads and DNA Point to a Second Founding Society in North America

Sorry, the copy write won't allow me to copy and paste the article in it's entirety here.

The jist of the article is that another group of people (pre Clovis) have been found in the caves of Oregon. These people can be differentiated from Clovis by their own distinct projectile technology, called Western Stemmed.

Advances in carbon dating techniques allowed them to date fiber and other debris linked to the site as possibly being pre-Clovis.

Mitrochondrial DNA points to the two groups as having separate projectile technology for several hundred years.

I am hoping they can extract nuclear DNA, and am looking forward to what new things can be learned about what (appears to be) the first North American cave dwellers.

Great stuff !!

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RE: New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 6:16:10 AM

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Great article. Be interesting to see what else they find out.

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RE: New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 6:27:14 AM

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There has been wonderful anthropological news coming out about every six months or so, and
I find it fascinating.

This is breaking scientific AND anthropological news since the discovery relies so heavily on advanced carbon dating and DNA extraction techniques.

The caves in Oregon are called the Paisley Caves so at this point they are calling their findings the "Paisley Cave Findings" -- easy for me to remember as I just LOOVE paisley.

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RE: New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 6:42:38 AM

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Here is an article about this find that people can access.

Findings in Oregon Caves

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RE: New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 7:38:42 AM

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Fascinating!

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RE: New Anthropology Discovery in North America - 7/14/2012 7:55:18 AM

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Thank you so much, Peppermint.

Another great article and one that has a slightly different slant. It's also a better anthropological overview for those who need a refresh on the Clovis people.

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