Ancient Village Discovered in Canada That’s 10,000 Years Older Than Egyptian Pyramids
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Ancient Village Discovered in Canada That's 10,000 Years Older Than Egyptian Pyramids:
An ancients village dating back to before the Pyramids era wasdiscovered by a team from Canadian Ph.D. students.
[...] This ancient village was discovered when researchers were searchingTriquet Island, an island located about 300 miles north of Victoria, BritishColumbia.
The team found ancient fish hooks and spears, as well as tools formaking fires.
However, they really hit the jackpot when they found an ancient cookinghearth, from which they were able to obtain flakes of charcoal burnt byprehistoric Canadians.
Using carbon dating on the charcoal flakes, the researchers were ableto determine that the settlement dates back 14,000 years ago, making itsignificantly older than the pyramids of Ancient Egypt, which were built about4,700 years ago.
[...] She and her team began investigating the area for ancient settlementsafter hearing the oral history of the indigenous Heiltsuk people, which told ofa sliver of land that never froze during the last ice age.
[...] Researchers believe that this settlement indicates a mass humanmigration down the coast of British Columbia.
"What this is doing, is changing our idea of the way in which NorthAmerica was first peopled, said Gauvreau."
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