Digging under the Clovis level (13.000 years ago) seems to have resulted in indications for humans in America 50 kya! If it is related to the M130 genetic trait, then either they were very speedy or our previous estimates are wrong. Or maybe they weren't even related to us? At least this underscores the importance of the "boiling Asian gene soup" hinted at on Out of Africa as Pygmies and back as global "Mongoloids"
We might be wrong on gene interpretation as well as on earliest time for modern (M168) human dispersal but what would be even more confusing is if we have a lot of distant cousins running around at approximately the same time (and where to place the Flores WoMan?)!
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