Earliest Known American Settlers Harvested Seaweed
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic NewsMay 8, 2008
People living in the earliest known settlement in the Americas harvested seaweed and other marine plants from a coastline more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) away, new research shows.
Scientists discovered several species of seaweed and marine algae dating back more than 14,000 years at the Monte Verde archaeological site in south-central Chile.
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