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Week 2: across AfricaAfricaWeek 1: beginning in East AfricaEast Africa
Week 3: into EuropeEuropeWeek 4: into Asia AsiaWeek 5: across BeringiaBeringiaWeek 6: into AmericaAmerica
Ancient Pathways Ancient Pathways Ancient PeoplesAncient Peoples
TODAY’S TOPICSTODAY’S TOPICS
QuestionsQuestions& Quick & Quick ReviewReview MIGRATION MIGRATION
TO THE TO THE AMERICASAMERICAS
BUTTERMILK BUTTERMILK CREEK CREEK
COMPLEX COMPLEX & &
GAULT SITEGAULT SITE
SESSION 4: INTO AMERICA
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Due to time, thiswill be available
on internet
SHARING ROCKS
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EARLIER QUESTION
DNA TESTING COMPANIES
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STONE AGE COLOR PALETTE
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Where did Paleolithic People get their paint pigments?
EARTH PIGMENTS
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Paste Binder Water, blood, urine, animal fat, bone marrow
ColorColor SourceSourceYellow Iron rich yellow Ochre clays
(limonite)Red Iron Oxides red Ochre clays
(hematite) Black Charcoal (Carbon Black) or
Burnt bones (Bone Black)
Brown/Black Manganese DioxideWhite Ground Calcite (lime white)
STONE AGE COLOR PALETTE
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STONE AGE COLOR PALETTE
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http://instruct.uwo.ca/earth-sci/089g/paintpigment.pdf
STONE AGE COLOR PALETTE
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GRINDING PIGMENTS
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LASCAUX PAINT PIGMENTS
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http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/caveart.htm
“Lascaux, for instance, hundreds of rudimentary pigment CRAYONS were discovered scattered around the floor.”
“…combined the raw color with talc or feldspar to increase the (crayon’s) bulk and added animal & plant oils to bind the materials.”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/early.html
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/artist-paints/prehistoric-colour-palette.htm
http://instruct.uwo.ca/earth-sci/089g/paintpigment.pdf
Terminology Review
PREHISTORIC PERIODS OF HUMAN HISTORY
NeolithicNeolithic(New Stone Age)10k to 4k yrs- pottery- farming- livestockMiddle Middle
PaleolithicPaleolithic(Middle Stone
Age)300k to 50k yrs
- first art-early symbolism
Upper Upper PaleolithicPaleolithic
(Late Stone Age)50k to 10k yrs
-symbolic thought-Language-domesticated dogs
Lower Lower PaleolithicPaleolithic
(Early Stone Age)2.5million to 300k
- stone tools- fire
OLDER
YOUNGER
“STONE AGE”
Homo groupHomo group sapiens
The Stone Age: 2.5 million to 4000 YBP (years before present)
2.5 MILLION
2 MILLION
Australopithecus
1.4 MILLION
Paranthropus
300,000 YBP
EARLY STONE AGE – stone tools, fire
MIGRATION TO AMERICA
MIGRATION TO AMERICA
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In Archeology, two primary areas of In Archeology, two primary areas of controversy exists today:controversy exists today:
1.1.Is the Clovis culture (13Kya) the earliest Is the Clovis culture (13Kya) the earliest people to the Americas or was there even people to the Americas or was there even earlier people, the Pre-Clovis?earlier people, the Pre-Clovis?
2.2.Which ever is the first people, where are Which ever is the first people, where are they from & how did they get to America?they from & how did they get to America?
CLOVIS VS PRE-CLOVIS
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•The The “Clovis-First” “Clovis-First” hypothesis has been promoted for hypothesis has been promoted for 80 years80 years
•This theory says that the peoples who came by the This theory says that the peoples who came by the Beringia Land Bridge migrated into the Americas and Beringia Land Bridge migrated into the Americas and are the progenitors of the Indian Peoples are the progenitors of the Indian Peoples
•In 1975, the In 1975, the Monte Verde Monte Verde site in Chile presented site in Chile presented evidence of Pre-Clovis peoples; it wasn’t acceptedevidence of Pre-Clovis peoples; it wasn’t accepted
•In 2011, the In 2011, the Buttermilk Complex Buttermilk Complex site, Texas, site, Texas, presented it’s report of Pre-Clovis people, with it’s presented it’s report of Pre-Clovis people, with it’s unequivocal evidence, and it was acceptedunequivocal evidence, and it was accepted
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
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WESTERNAPPROACH
•By Land Bridge
•By Coastal Migration
COMPETING HYPOTHESESCOMPETING HYPOTHESES
From SmithsonianFrom Smithsonian
Land Bridge 14k – 13k
Coastal Migration 16k – 15k
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
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WESTERNAPPROACH
EASTERNAPPROACH
•By Land Bridge
•By Coastal Migration
•By Land Bridge & then turn left at Montana
•From Europe “Solutrean Culture”
COMPETING HYPOTHESESCOMPETING HYPOTHESES
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Path of Path of MigrationMigration
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
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Meadowcroft, PA (16.0 kya)
Cactus Hill, VA(15.4 kya)
Topper, SC(15.5 kya?)
Page-Ladson, FL(12.4 kya)
Buttermilk Complex, TX (15.5 kya)
Possible Path ofMigration(no evidence confirming this route)
Saltville, VA(14.5 kya)
EASTERN USA PRE-CLOVIS SITES
EASTERN USA PRE-CLOVIS SITES
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HOWEVER!•Some Flint items found in VA are known to be from France
•Techniques making the stone tools/blades almost exactly resemble those of the Solutrean Culture of Spain/France
• Some Flint items found in MD are known to be older than 19 kya
SO…
POSSIBLE LAND BRIDGE ISSUE
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Saltville, VA(14.5 kya)
Cactus Hill, VA(15.4 kya)
Topper, SC(15.5 kya?)
Page-Ladson, FL(12.4 kya)
Buttermilk Complex, TX (15.5 kya)
EASTERN USA PRE-CLOVIS SITES
PathMigration(no evidence confirming this route) This is called theThis is called the
““SOLUTREAN SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS”HYPOTHESIS”
What if the land bridge migration didn’t make it to
here?
What if Peoples from Spain/France boated down our
eastern seaboard?Meadowcroft, PA
(16.0 kya)
First proposed by Dr. B Bradley & Dr. D Stanford
COMPETING HYPOTHESES
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From SmithsonianFrom Smithsonian
Solutrean Hypothesis>20 kya
THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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THE SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
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Evidence is mounting for the SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESISSOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
GENERAL DNA MIGRATION
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Haplogroup X comprises 25% of Algonquians of New England but is not present in Eastern SiberiaHaplogroup X comprises 15% of Sioux & 7% of Navajo but is not present in Eastern Siberia
THE DEBATE FOR/AGAINST THIS THEORY
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Factors Supporting Factors Supporting Solutrean HypothesisSolutrean Hypothesis
Factors Against Factors Against Solutrean HypothesisSolutrean Hypothesis
+ Growing body of archeologist who believe Clovis points are of Solutrean type
+ Stone tool at VA site from France
+ Haplogroup X (subclade X2A) possible migration from Europe
+ Artifacts found in MD, date between 19-26kya, way before the Land Bridge was used
No ancient boats have ever been found at any site; therefore no supporting evidence
DNA evidence of today’s Native Americans are primarily linked to Siberia (Haplogroup A,C,D)
No direct DNA material at any of the eastern USA sites; therefore no supporting evidence
Time to vote!The hot debate
The hot debate
continues!
continues!
GAULT & BUTTERMILK
CREEK COMPLEX- Overview -
LOCATION OF GAULT SITE
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(transition zone between two habitats)
Florence, TXFlorence, TX
WHERE IS THE GAULT SITE
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Only 20 miles away!
WHAT IS THERE?
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TWO WORLD CLASS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
BUTTERMILK BUTTERMILK COMPLEXCOMPLEX
GAULTGAULTSITESITE
•Discovered: ??•Significance: Validated Pre-Clovis peoples**
•Status: Exploration complete; currently site is “stored”
•Discovered: 1929 (1991)•Significance: Origins of 60% all excavated Clovis artifacts known today
•Status: Exploration ongoing
ARCHEOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY OF CENTRAL TEXAS
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ZOOMING IN ON SITE
GAULT TOPOGRAPHY
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Tight lines = steep!
Spread out lines = shallow
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
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GAULT TOPOGRAPHY
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Buttermilk Creek
Tight lines = steep!
Spread out lines = shallow
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP Reasons to stay here?REASONS TO STAY HERE?
FOODFOOD
WATERWATER
HABITAHABITATT
GOOD GOOD SOILSSOILS
THE MAIN REASON TO BE HERE!
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CHASING CHERT
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Chert is a fine-grained, silica-rich, microcrystalline quartz sedimentary rock
Flint is chert found only in chalk or marly limestone formations
Among non-geologists (in particular among archaeologists), the distinction between "flint" and "chert" is often one of quality - chert being lower quality than flint
HISTORY NOT OF BUT IN THE CHERT
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Above average ability to resist weathering, recrystallization and metamorphism, makes it an ideal rock preserving early life forms:
3.4 bya – Australia - preserved eleven taxa of prokaryotes3.2 bya – RSA - preserved unicellular bacteria-like fossils2.0 bya – Canada - preserved not only bacteria and cyanobacteria but also an ammonia-consuming type of green algae and fungus-like organisms0.8 bya – Australia - preserved ancient cyanobacteria and algae in the0.4 bya – Scotland - preserved oldest remains of land flora (preservation is so perfect that it allows cellular studies of the fossils)
CHASING CHERT
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But, Paleolithic, Pre-Clovis weren’t studying chert, they needed it to make
BUTTERMILK CREEK COMPLEX
DEBRA L. FRIEDKIN PALEO-INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
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1000 ft downstream
BUTTERMILK COMPLEX 1997 DIG
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Block AResearch Area
BUTTERMILK COMPLEX PLOT PLAN
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Figure S3. Stratigraphy exposed in Block A in 2007. Note bedrock on the west wall (right). Light brown layer above the bedrock is the colluvium. Dark gray sediments are the floodplain deposits.
BUTTERMILK COMPLEX 1997 DIG
AGE OF ARTIFACTS FOUND IN BLOCK A
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Important to note the Important to note the quantity of artifacts foundquantity of artifacts found
Surface
BUTTERMILK CREEK COMPLEX ARTIFACTS
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BUTTERMILK COMPLEX SUMMARY
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• 56 Tools of various ages were recovered, includes 5 blades, 14 bladelets, 12 bifaces, 1 discoidal core, 23 edge-modified tools, 3 radial break tools, and 1 piece of polished hematite plus 15,472 other artifacts only an archeologist could love
• Excavations show that there was nearly continual habitation of the site beginning with the Buttermilk Creek Complex occupation and continuing through all the way through Late Prehistoric
• Proves the site was used for the same purpose by each successive set of peoples
• Questions the theory of Pre-Clovis being highly mobile, nomadic, elephant hunters
• Provides unquestionable evidence of pre-Clovis culture habitation in North America
Let’s move on to the Gault Site now
GAULT ARCHEOLOGICAL
SITE
GAULT SITE
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Gault site was located in a small, protected wooded valley with a
spring-fed stream
GAULT SITE
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GAULT SITE - 1930 EXCAVATION
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GAULT SITE - 1998 EXCAVATION
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GAULT SITE – 2011 EXCAVATION
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STUDENTS HELPING OUT IN 2000
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GAULT SITE ARTIFACTS
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GAULT SITE ARTIFACTS
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GAULT SITE ARTIFACTS
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GAULT SITE ARTIFACTS
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GAULT SITE ARTIFACTS
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Earliest art in North America??
GEOLOGY IMPACTING HUMAN HISTORY
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Once again, GEOLOGYGEOLOGY
is providing resources, or PATHWAYSPATHWAYS for these
ANCIENT PEOPLES!ANCIENT PEOPLES!
REFLECTION
PROBABLE MIGRATION OF HOMO SAPIENS
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homo
ParanthropusParanthropus
Homo
‘Zinj’ (boisei)
‘Little Foot’‘Ms Ples’(africanus)
Australopithecus
Banpo Tribe
On-Your-Knees
Gault/Buttermilk
Cro-Magnon
SO WHERE HAVE WE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY
THE FUTURE
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REFLECTION
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“(We only get a) glimpse of who these people were. We don’t know much. All we have are these little
piles of stones and bones. It’s like trying to tell something about OUR culture by looking at
our steak knives!”
ENDING
THANKS TO ALL THAT HAVE HELPED!
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Thanks to all who have Thanks to all who have passed on articles passed on articles and/or and/or lent us magazines lent us magazines to use to use
in this 6 week series. in this 6 week series.
It certainly is wonderful having It certainly is wonderful having “another set of eyes” “another set of eyes” out there out there watching for important data & watching for important data &
breaking new ideas!breaking new ideas!
THANKS TO ALL THAT HAVE HELPED!
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Kendra & Jerry website support
Lynn & Chuck AV support
Dorothy & Margaret class assistanceIt wouldn’t
happen without YOU!
Thanks to…
WANT TO LEARN MORE??
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WANT TO LEARN MORE??
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Need Rock Identification?
Deb Main
Deb Main@ RockTable in the back
WANT TO LEARN MORE…
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Love Rocks
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Larry & Lois
Larry & Lois Amundson
Amundson@ Lapidary Table
in the back
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Curriculum for Geoarcheology““Recognizing and Evaluating the Archeological Recognizing and Evaluating the Archeological
Potential of the Landscape:Potential of the Landscape:An Introduction to GeoarcheologyAn Introduction to Geoarcheology””
Sue Tome
Sue Tome @ Archeology Table
in the back
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YUMMO!
Claire BeaumontClaire Beaumont& Deb Main& Deb Main
Made cookies for allSnack table in the back
GOT ARCHEOLOGY QUESTIONS?
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A wisecracking armadillo archeologist known as Dr. Dirt answers questions about archeology
REMEMBER…REMEMBER…
GEOLOGY ROCKSGEOLOGY ROCKS
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ADIOS!
ANY QUESTIONS??86
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http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/artist-paints/prehistoric-colour-palette.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Clovis#Evidence_of_human_habitation_before_Clovis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topper_(archaeological_site) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowcroft_Rockshelter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Hill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltville,_Virginia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page-Ladson_prehistory_site http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/aucilla/arpp01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/24/opinion/sunday/what-could-disappear.html http://flood.firetree.net/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/will-you-be-underwater-theres-a-map-for-that.html http://www.centerfirstamericans.com/cfsa-publications/Science2008.pdf http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/bbgya.html http://www.athenapub.com/10gault.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928495/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas http://archaeology.about.com/od/gterms/g/gault.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human.html#becoming-human-part-2 https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_X_(mtDNA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_A_(mtDNA) http://planet.uwc.ac.za/nisl/Conservation%20Biology/Karen%20PDF/Clovis/Bradley%20&%20Stanford%202004.pdf
http://archaeology.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=archaeology&cdn=education&tm=315&gps=16_11_1117_722&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=8&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/research/gault_links.php http://archaeology.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=archaeology&cdn=education&tm=315&gps=16_11_1117_722&f=11&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=8&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/research/gault_links.php http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2002/texas.html http://search.usgs.gov/results.html?cx=005083607223377578371%3Ab5ixbbpqpx0&cof=FORID%3A11&q=chert&sa=Go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert http://www.primtech.net/ http://mysite.du.edu/~lconyer/ http://mysite.du.edu/~lconyer/historic_features.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_culture http://www.ele.net/art_folsom/pre-clovis_2004/preclovis2004.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/images/clov-printable465.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/clov-nf.html&h=652&w=465&sz=134&tbnid=hjtvIsVG_wPSXM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=59&zoom=1&usg=__rlfO59iRSB5IpBHKiPzV2whWFIE=&docid=F3kmoaSDHF6IBM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-qIyUf3oNs_dqQHCn4GoCA&ved=0CDsQ9QEwAg&dur=1 http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/aaWI01.html
REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolutionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Agehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithichttp://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-family-treehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetolihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Humankindhttp://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/cradle-of-humankind.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascauxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banpohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BanpoSkull.jpghttp://bpmuseum.com/Channel.aspx?ChId=4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Your_Knees_Cavehttp://orgs.usd.edu/esci/alaska/oykc.htmlhttp://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/gault/index.htmlhttp://www.athenapub.com/10gault.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttermilk_Creek_Complex
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