The 13,000-Year-Old Man Found On A California Island — And The Dating Test That Changed The Story Of America’s First Migration
The geological context was confirmed.
The radiocarbon age of 10,960 ± 80 years BP was calibrated to approximately 13,000 calendar years.
And the full implication of that number — combined with the full implication of the island’s geography — changed what was known about the terminal Pleistocene Americas.
By 13,000 years ago, a human being was on Santa Rosa Island, California.
The island was separated from the mainland by miles of open water.
The crossing required maritime capability — watercraft, knowledge of the sea, the physical and cognitive tools of open-water navigation.
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