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Study suggests younger age for Chile's important Monte Verde archaeological site
March 19 (Reuters) - The Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile, discovered in the 1970s, revolutionized the thinking about when humans entered the Americas, with scientists calculating decades ago that this former abode for ancient hunter-gatherers was about 14,500 years old.
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New study challenges a site that's key to how humans got to the Americas
This 2023 image provided by Todd Surovell shows the Monte Verde archaeological site and Chinchihuapi Creek in Chile. (Todd Surovell via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) -- For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde.