️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  Archeologists have uncovered a stone tool in Oregon that suggests humans occupied the western US earlier than thought.<unk> Archeologists have uncovered a stone tool in Oregon that suggests humans occupied the western US earlier than thought. Agate tool was uncovered under a thick layer of volcanic ash dating back to the eruption of Mount St Helens 15,800 years ago.<unk> Agate tool was uncovered under a thick layer of volcanic ash dating back to the eruption of Mount St Helens 15,800 years ago. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Archeologists have uncovered a stone tool in Oregon that suggests humans occupied the western US earlier than thought.<unk> Archeologists have uncovered a stone tool in Oregon that suggests humans occupied the western US earlier than thought. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Find, at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter, was announced today by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which controls the land on which the site was found. Arqueologist Scott Thomas said that if the age of the area holds up to scrutiny, it would be the oldest pre-Clovis find west of the Rockies. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Professor Patrick O'Grady of Oregon University called the find 'enthralling.'<unk> Find, at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter, was announced today by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which controls the land on which the site was found. Archaeologist Scott Thomas said that if the age of the area holds up to scrutiny, it would be the oldest west of the Rockies. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą Donald Grayson, professor of archaeology at the University of Washington, said the scientific community would be skeptical. Two pre-Clovis sites are well documented and generally accepted by scientists.<unk> Two pre-Clovis sites are well documented and generally accepted by scientists. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The other is Monte Verde in Chile.<unk> The other is Monte Verde in Chile. <unk> <unk> <unk>
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