New Evidence for the Antiquity of Man in North America Deduced from Aspartic Acid Racemization
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- 17 May 1974
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 184 (4138) , 791-793
Abstract
Ages of several California Paleo-Indian skeletons have been deduced from the extent of aspartic acid racemization. These dates suggest that man was present in North America at least 50,000 years before the present.Keywords
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