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Researchers Find the Oldest Projectile Points Ever Found in the Americas

Projectile points that are thousands of years older than any previously discovered in the Americas have been discovered by archaeologists in Idaho

Dec 29, 2022
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Archaeologists have discovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any that have previously been discovered in the Americas. This discovery has helped to fill in the history of how early humans made and utilized stone weapons. According to carbon-14 dating, the 13 complete and broken projectile points, which are razor sharp…

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