This Excavation Turned Up Something That Could Redefine North American History

You're probably familiar with the theory that the earliest North Americans migrated from Asia across an expansive bridge of land, but new findings suggest a slightly different story. Last year, a team of archaeologists from the Hakai Institute, University of Victoria, and local First Nations made an amazing discovery during an excavation on Triquet Island in British Columbia, Canada. After unearthing remains of charcoal, tools, fish hooks, spears used to hunt marine mammals, and a hand drill used for lighting fires, they realized that they came across one of the oldest human settlements in North America. After analyzing the charcoal,...

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