Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas (Las Vegas: roach, place)
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The thing about NM is things are so well preserved here. I'd imagine there were footprints all over North America south of the ice sheets, but NM is the place that has them left imprinted. That's part of why the state is such an archeological gem, things stay preserved; there had to many more cultures and structures in say Georgia or Chiapas, but nature has eaten things up so much faster there. Same thing with Egypt, the country gets 0" rain, so all of the community's history never got grown over or washed away.
No one doubts that dinosaurs were around a very long time ago. It's the dating of the presence of humans that has always been highly controversial, when any research claims a human presence prior to around 12,000-15,000 years ago. Anything significantly earlier, like a site in Chile that was occupied not only 13,000 years ago, but also had signs of human occupation dating to 30,000 y ago, was always treated dismissively, because it didn't fit the prevailing narrative.
That's why signs of human presence with credible dating to 20,000 years ago or earlier (there are locations that have been dated to MUCH earlier) are particularly big news.
Ken Hamm at the Noah's Ark exhibit in Kentucky doubts it.
You can see humans interacting with dinos there.
I wasn't going to say it, but the joking/sarcasm fun made me do it.
Anyway, how humans existed in that dry climate and farmed successfully is beyond me. I guess the climate was different then....I've been to the sites in Utah and it stuns me how they lived. How did they keep mice out of their grain just with a pile of stones?
I picked up on it right away. You were being "cute". Then I did one of these when others took you literally. I'll do it again:
You may be familiar with jiminnm's humor but I am not. I do know enough that he is not illiterate and also that he doesn't seem to hold grudges about certain viewpoints.
Well, see, that's the potential pitfall on forums: sarcasm or humor need to be flagged in some way (for example--the eyeroll emoji for sarcasm, or /s at the end of the post). Sometimes will do for humor. I guess I don't know you as well as the OP does, so I wasn't aware of your background.
I don't know jim that well at all, and apparently I'm not exactly welcome in this forum anymore by certain people.
I think we should give aries a badge for getting jim's drift right away. What do you think, OP?
You missed my point. I only wanted to validate Jim's humor (not that he needed it) because I appreciate his kind of humor. I know how it is when my own attempts at humor, or being tongue-in-cheek, don't register, and then people misconstrue what I was trying to say. That's all!
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when others took you literally. I'll do it again: 
will do for humor. I guess I don't know you as well as the OP does, so I wasn't aware of your background.
