ScienceResearchers defend older age of key archaeological site in Chile

Two research groups are defending the view that ancient hunter-gatherers occupied Chile’s Monte Verde archaeological site about 14,500 years ago. Another study placed the site at a much later date, fueling a dispute with major implications for understanding how the Americas were first populated.

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