Archaeologists Made an Unbelievable Discovery at the Bottom of the Sea

In this video, we review the Solutrean Hypothesis in light of recent underwater discoveries. In the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia, a small scallop trawler was dredging the seafloor in 1974, about 230 feet below the water's surface and about 60 miles offshore. When they lifted their net, they discovered a partial mastodon skull that had started to go extinct about 12,000 years earlier. The fishermen also noticed a flaked blade, which they later discovered was made of rhyolite, a rare volcanic rock.

The mastodon tusk was found to be more than 22,000 years old by marine archaeologists who measured the fraction of radioactive carbon isotopes. Although it was impossible to pinpoint the blade's exact age, the flint-knapping method it used was comparable to that of Solutrean tools, which were made in Europe between 22,000 and 17,000 years ago. The new hypothesis might now be known as the "Creswellian Hypothesis" in light of the new information.

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[MysteriousOrigins]

There is no evidence that Solutreans were the first to discover America or introduced the Clovis point, or contributed to the genetics. But the fact is that spearpoints nearly identical to those found in western Europe were found in eastern North America and they date to the same period, around 20, 000 years ago. There is evidence that people were using boats and travelling to the Artic long before 20, 000 years ago so people were very capable to make this journey.

[OkieSketcher]

Back in the mid-1970’s I was stationed in eastern Virginia where I met an individual near Petersburg. He had been out collecting arrowheads, spear points, knives and the like. I told him I used to hunt similar artifacts in Oklahoma where I was raised. During the course of our conversation he stated he had many points that were almost exact copies of points he had found years earlier in present day England and France. He also stated he had found this in more than one type of point. He was of the opinion these points were made by European natives who had migrated from Europe to North America. He lamented that no archeologists that he had spoken to and shown his collection to would come out publicly and agree that this was a possibility. He further stated he thought the Clovis points originated along the east coast of North America in that more Clovis points had been found in the east than in the west. In fact, he stated, one could map the location of Clovis point finds on a map of North America and one would see a progression of many finds in the east and diminishing finds as one moved west. I wonder if anyone has ever realistically looked into this.

[missesmew]

As an Ojibwa native, I find the solutrean story very interesting as it coincides with our cultures origin story of coming from the east and moving westward. When we die, even our graves are facing west. And as for crossing the Atlantic, the Inuit move quite well across the vast ice flows .
It’s the story of where we came from that just fits the theory so well. Interesting 🤔

[keithallver]

What I love about your channel is you are not afraid to cover topics that go against the status quo like the Solutrean Hypothesis or Out of Asia.

[tadblackington]

The truth of the matter is that humans arrived in the New World on multiple occasions from multiple places, Europe included. Its also probable that some Native American groups may have spread back across the sea to the Old World. The more we look, the more we find.
This discussion always gets caught up in recent history but 20, 000 years ago the concept of "Europe" didn't mean anything.

[harrietharlow]

I believe that Solutreans made the voyage from Europe to N. America. At the time, the Atlantic would have been narrower due to drawdown in ocean level due to extensive glaciation. Would the trip have been difficult? Certainly. Would it have been impossible? No.

[jimspear]

When i was growing up in illinois the perry mastodon was discovered in a back yard while digging a swimming pool. In glenn ellyn i believe. The suburbs used to be farmland and were on a glacial morraine. I used to dig up granitic rocks with large crystals, and massive quartz rocks. I also found some jade. Illinois is karst terraine, so dolomite and relasted units are normal there. How the granitic got there is glacial movement. So i lived on an outwash terraine left behind. The valpriso morraine.

[howardfreeland]

This story is straight out of "Across Atlantic Ice", which is very convincing. The book does not say that Clovis was derived from Europe. The Solutreans traveled similarly to more recent eskimos by hunting seals along the way. Much more very good info in the book! The point found at Meadowcroft in PA is earlier than Clovis and I believe similar to this noted biface.

[nugsymalone]

One thing I've learned about ancient peoples is, they were very adventurous

[homefrontforge]

I love a good mystery. Combine learning new things with a treasure hunt and you have all the makings of an adventure.

[totwallybaba]

Excellent! This channel and your other channel has become my favorites.

[fredgillespie]

You will find that there is a clean break between the Megafauna/Solutrean age and the Clovis/"present" age.
The megafauna age came to a sudden and catastrophic end globally and the evidence for that can be found in both northern
and southern hemispheres, often in "fossil caves." There is also evidence that people from the Mediterranean area were
traveling to the Americas 2-3000 years ago - in boats. No one appears to consider that the climate was different then.

[robertabessey]

This is some wonderful and very compelling information. It's to bad main stream everything has its head buried in the sand. Thank you for the video. Very much enjoyed it

[TheSunAndTheMoonrising]

Have you heard about the skeleton recently retrieved from the brea tar pits. They estimate the age @ fifty thousand years old. That would predate any other known human skeleton found to date.

[hughmanatee]

The boat is a very old invention. Remember, the Australian Aboriginals have been there for 60, 000 years.

[liberty-matrix]

"The mechanism of nature is survival of the fittest because it's necessary for human evolution. Imagine if our ancestors never came out of their caves or explored the wilderness. Never risk their lives or followed their guts and their testosterone. Humanity would still be living in the stone age and the Americas would never have been discovered." ~Ancient Geographic

[roosdad]

The thumbnail looked like the found a surfboard, ....that would be sick!!

[jamesruddy]

Doggerland is in the Baltic Sea, not the Black Sea.

[igorbrille]

Doggerland where the Black Sea is today? You mean the North Sea aren't you?

[plopdoo]

Bro why does no one mention the fact that the Arctic ocean would have been completely solid and the shortest distance to travel across from Europe to America.