Were Homo Sapiens the First Hominid in North America? A Deep Dive into the Cerutti Mastodon Site

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this is really cool but what if another mastodon moved the bones and then like vultures or something tried to eat them

Soon we will only be taught the earth is 6000 years old. Good old fundamentalist Christian claptrap.

Thank you, Gianfranko!

i just realized how euro centric and racist the ice brigde theroy is we have been doing long distance travel over the ocean for atleast 70,000 years Australian aboriginals did just that ... but the ice brigde theory is painted in such a way it assume thats these "savages" couldnt possibly travel by sea .. they needed a brigde ... their is no food sources on a ice bridge .. their are food sources in the ocean though ... this is a real problem with history its white washed ... the average person wouldnt be aware that many indigenous people all over the world could travel long distances by sea if they had the desire to 10s of thousands of years ago ... but a archelogist or a scientist shouldnt have a excuse ... is this a individual issue .. i would think they would be taught to think critically ... not just information but idk i never made it that far

I swear I thought you said " archeology AND boxing" I thought you, me , and Mikey Musumeci where the only fight training nerds in North America. Love the channel brother, the humor, the information....keep up the great work!

I know this is an older video, but I love the passion you show when you talk about this stuff. That's one of the reasons I subscribe. Great video.

If there’s not yet evidence for a hominid at that place and time in North America, is there any evidence of other animals that are capable of lifting and slamming down a stone of that size in that manner in that place and time that it is possible to have maybe done the same sort of thing that you are describing potentially happened, I don’t know what particular animals might be in that area during that time period in that area that could’ve done that but if the mastodon was assumed to be scavenged from a different site and moved to the site of discovery in pieces given how few bones were found and how dense the found assemblage of bones was which animals were strong enough to move the bones and had the ability to smash things open with hammer stones, I’m thinking about how modern sea otters are known to use rocks to get food out of shells, but I wonder what other animals might’ve had that technique to get access to more food or how early in their evolutionary history that technique could’ve been in use also? I don’t know if my theory that maybe not just hominids could’ve been responsible for creating that effect actually makes any sense in the context of where the finds were discovered but if anyone knows if that thought was already considered and disproved I’d be interested to know what makes it most likely to be a hominid site rather than something that an ancient raccoon or otter or beaver did? However the research goes in the future to make more sense of the discoveries at that site it is very interesting just what’s known about it so far.

The deer hide eraser is called a chamois (pronounced shammy)

Could it be Denisovans?
I'm writing a fictional series, where in the altered Earth history, it's Denisovans who first came to North America ... which current based evidence spans their existence from 285 - 25 thousand years ago.
Thoughts?

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It's always a backhoe operator I swear

This offers a whole new scenario of how Native Americans came by their Denisovan DNA! (Because until we identify an as yet unknown hominid in the Americas, Denisovans would seem to be the most likely candidate)

So. Homo Erectus, Homo Habalis, homo florensis etc had already made it to Australia right? Why not go the other way? Or leave Australia and go up south America

Very cool story. Although being born in San Diego Ive never heard of this. When humans left africa there were already Neanderthals' living thoughout europe so why couldnt they travel abroad?

If Global Warming is real, then how come weather? Checkmate.

Termperature here is pretty mild, global milding confirmed.

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Took my ambien a bit early and his shadow is surreal

What I think people dont realize when it comes to "primitive" technology is that whatever we see is a culmination of peoples knowledge. So to them thats cutting edge for them. And if anyone thousands of years looks at what remains of our society today, Im pretty sure it will be the same as us looking back as well

Sasquatch - you’re welcome…

Kid, and I only call you that because I’m really old, but have you seen the preponderance of Denisovan DNA distributed throughout the Americas? It seems that it’s particularly dense in the central part of South America.
So! I would say
that that could indicate a possible pre-existing population of Denisovans in South America that increased the amount of Denisovan DNA through admixture to the H. sapiens that entered the area. And we already know that there was a Denisovan-sapiens admixture BEFORE these people headed out of Asia.
So. What caused this additional admixture? Hmm… I would posit that there was a previously undiscovered population of Denisovans in the Americas. It makes you wonder when they migrated into the Americas, and how. Yet another question for science.
Their presence would explain two things: The existence of the kill site, AND the seemingly “primitive” level of tool sophistication at said kill site. Something for you to think about.
Those damned pesky, elusive Denisovans. The sheer absence of remains for this species is baffling. Were they particularly easy to hunt and be eaten by predators? Were they cannibals who never let a dead body go to waste? They DID leave their genetic footprint, so we know that they existed.
But. The REAL question for us now is: did they kill that mastodon? And if they did, purely in a political sense, what happens to ALL of the treaties with indigenous peoples in North America that are based upon them being the first peoples? Especially with evidence sneaking up that shows that they weren’t? And does THAT little political detail explain WHY there was such a pushback against the Cerutti Mastodon Site? It wouldn’t be the first time that indigenous tribes fought against archeologists and anthropologists, even stealing the bones and fossils that COULD derail their historical claims.
Think about it.
I’m actually surprised that they were even able to use the Uranium-Thorium Dating on these samples without some sort of legal injunctions filed by local indigenous tribes, as would be the norm. Did the site fly under the radar because of the lack of human bones? Or was it the lack of clovis or plano point tools? Anyway. Interesting stuff. Hopefully, the archaeological and anthropological investigations can continue without the burdensome protests and injunctions by those who are more interested in political hegemony than truth and science.
Keep up the good work kid. It’s nice to see a young one more interested in science than,…, whatever young people are into these days.

My friend’s mom is an anthropologist specializing on northwest coastal first nations history. She was telling me about the linguistic differences in some of the local languages that suggested a minimum divergence time beyond 50000 years ago. That would suggest to me that either the peopling happened much longer ago than previously thought, or that it happened several times with several different groups. It seems perfectly plausible to me that the land bridge was crossed multiple times, possibly by other hominids, and that they might have died out long before the peopling we all know and love

I am unreasonably delighted to learn that I grew up on the Kelp Highway

I know it was two years ago. But "postulates a previously unrecognized alluvial fan" goes so fucking hard.

lol Brownie kicked in fast

As a paleontology fan since a kid, i always overlooked on archaeology (cool dinosaurs, a lot more time ago, etc).
Milo has so much energy and passion and talks about so awesome topics that now i love archaeology.
Though dinos are still at the top xd.

That would be a 'hypothesis' not a 'theory'. A 'theory' in science is something that has been tested and proven, like the 'Theory of Gravity' or the 'Theory of Evolution'.

You should be a teacher 😂

With your comments about global warming you are ridiculing this video and yourself.
People like you will regret this behaviour. You think you know everything, right?

I genuinely love not just listening too but also watching your videos. You do so amazing showing history but making it fun and absolutely love your quote “you don’t need a degree to be an archaeologist” absolutely amazing 🌟

Back in the day, I was a Mammoth steak chef. That meat took hours to cook, so thick, juicy, and tasted like mammoth. The tusky husky was a popular burger! It was doggone good!

The seaweed theory was brand spanking new to me and I'm here for it and to update my understanding cause that's what being an academic is all about

I like your presentation but you need to leave out the fucks and holy shits…

Didn’t humans sail to Australia 65-50,000 years ago? Homo Erectus reached Java, but didn’t travel any further.

Even with lower sea levels, humans needed some sea-faring capabilities or Homo Erectus would’ve also reached Aus.

So is it outside of the realms of possibilities if humans sailed there before 12,000 years ago?

Also if Neanderthal and Denisovans had reached Altai mountains, could they not have reached the Bering Straits? Then if sea levels dropped or it iced over could they have reached the Americas and had a last population until Homo sapiens arrived?

kinda insane the main difference between any person today and a person from 200,000 years ago is the language they speak

brother, I remembered

I’m no archeologist or scientist but I am curious: with how carbon dating has a limit to how far back it can “see” could it be possible that remains found in similar areas of sapien skeletons are actually the same ones as the ones who took down this mastodon but couldn’t have been dated properly?

It’s a Sasquatch kill. They’ve always been here.

"honey do you like my mastodon? 🥺" was so wholesome 😂

GRAPHS!

When I try to explain to people that we're still an Ice Age and that global warming would have naturally happened, they look either scared or like I'm demented.

Love how Milo has conspiracy theorist level charisma and passion and scientist and archeologist level of actual proof and facts. Stan this man.