Cerutti Mastodon Site
Fractured mastodon bones and stones near San Diego dated to about 130,000 years ago, proposed as evidence of early hominins in the Americas; most archaeologists reject the bone-breakage as human-made.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 128,000 years ago disputed
Uranium-thorium dated bone bed claimed as evidence of hominin activity 130,700±9,400 years ago; interpretation as human-made tool-use is disputed by most archaeologists (e.g. Michael Waters) source
Where
32.6659° N, 117.0532° W
Sources
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