Zena’s map has made a lot of noise on The Curse of Oak Island (COOI) so far. Its authenticity has been debated both on the show and in fan communities. It has guided part of the work done by the COOI team. Today I’d like to take a good, close, long overdue look at it.…
The Capuchins of Pedra Furada: Did non-human primates create the oldest known stone tool assemblages in Brazil?
For several decades now, Brazilian sites like Pedra Furada have claimed archaeological material dating back as far as 30ky ago. That would be about double the age of the oldest securely dated archaeological material in the Americas. I’ve commented on these sites before. My opinion so far is that the assemblages could very well have…