Were Homo Sapiens the First Hominid in North America? A Deep Dive into the Cerutti Mastodon Site

In this video we take a dive into the mysterious archaeological site known as the Cerutti Mastodon. This site in Southern California dates back a shocking 130,000 years, nearly 100,000 years older than the next oldest evidence of human habitation of the Americas. By this point there is no archaeological evidence that Homo Sapiens had migrated out of Africa yet. Is it possible that Homo Sapiens were not the first human to make it across the Bering Land Bridge and into the lush forests of Pleistocene North America? Come along as we explore the intricacies of one of the most hotly debated archaeological sites in the country and the site of the mysterious Cerutti mastadon.