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‘Slam-dunk’ find puts hunter-gatherers in Florida 14,500 years ago

Dating of stone tools adds to evidence for pre-Clovis inhabitants in North America

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FLORIDA FIRST  Excavation of a submerged site in Florida produced evidence, including this stone artifact shown from different angles, that people lived there 14,550 years ago.

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By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Big game hunters of the Clovis culture may have just gotten the final blow to their reputation as North America’s earliest settlers.