Monte Verde revisited (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Monte Verde revisited

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Researchers Claudio Latorre, Juan-Luis García, Todd Surovell and César Méndez work at the famous Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile. Their new study finds that the site is only 4,200-8,200 years old, not 14,500 years old as posited by researchers who worked on the site from the 1970s through the 1990s.

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Todd Surovell

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