Diet | May 08, 2008 | 3 comments

Earliest Known American Settlers Harvested Seaweed

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/15550150.html

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A cliff offers a view of the rocky shoreline in an inland bay south of Monte Verde, Chile, the site of the oldest known settlement in the Americas.

A new study shows that settlers at Monte Verde harvested seaweed and other marine plants from a coastline more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) away some 14,000 years ago.

Photograph courtesy Mario Pino/Science

Read all about it at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080508-first-americans.html
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3 comments // Earliest Known American Settlers Harvested Seaweed

  • lenhart
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      lenhart  

    • In view of the possibility that this culture is older than even the 'Clovis' settlers, It would not surprise me to learn that the seaweed eaters came to the 'new' world by a route other than via the Bering Strait. The voyage of the 'Kon Tiki' demonstrated that ocean voyages were possible among ancient peoples.

    • 4 years ago
  • MissJonaLyn
  • jubal
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      jubal  

    • This is quite fascinating article.

      I love seaweed, especially with my fish...called Sushi. Yum.

      Have you checked out the dig in China where they found human settlements dating back 280K to 500K years ago in caves?

      They have found entire skeletons and pottery and stonewear and tools.

    • 4 years ago
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