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Charles Q. Choi

14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New World

A photo of a rocky excavation site, with light brown rock covered in tools and signs. .

Ancient tools found in Alaska may shed light on how humans first arrived in the Americas, a new study finds.

The artifacts, which include items linked with crafting stone tools and ocher, a red mineral often used in ceremonies, are about 600 years older than similar artifacts from the Clovis people who lived farther south, in New Mexico and elsewhere.

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