Giant sloth pendants suggest people arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than thought
NBCAPR 1 2023
This puts the icing on the cake for modern researchers who believe the current consensus is outdated. Not only does this study shatter previous estimates for human migration, but it shows humans on the continent back then were more advanced than believed. For the public narrative to finally shift on this issue, we may need the newer generation of archaeologists to take over.
While many scientists agree that the old Bering Strait land bridge theory – which gives us the 13K-15K year mark – is outdated, there is still no solid evidence humans arrived as far back as 27K years ago. This debate is a long way from being settled, and more research must be conducted.