Archaeologists have turned up evidence of some of the oldest human activity in coastal Southern California, just off the coast of Ventura County.
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Ancient Human Footprints Found on Canadian Island May Be Oldest in North America
Tracks left along an ancient shore by a man, a woman, and a child on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia may prove to be the oldest known…
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History of Ancient Los Angeles Was Driven by Its Wetlands, 8,000-Year Survey Finds
It may be hard to visualize if you’ve been through drought-stricken southern California lately, but much of what’s now Los Angeles was once a teeming wetland. And a new landmark…
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Ancient California Islanders Relied on Drifting ‘Tarballs’ for Petroleum, Study Finds
Eight thousand years ago, as today, one thing you needed to get by in southern California was petroleum. But even then, it seems, you didn’t need the top-grade stuff shipped…
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11,000-Year-Old Seafaring Indian Sites Discovered on California Island
Just offshore from the chock-a-block development of Southern California, archaeologists have discovered some of the oldest sites of human occupation on the Pacific Coast. On Santa Rosa Island, one of…
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