Dan Flores

But so far, not much.

But so far, not much.

But so far, not much.

Yeah. I mean, you know, things that to us do not look particularly significant, like the flute on the sides of Clovis and Folsom points. I mean, you can almost miss that when you look at those points. But the That very clearly was a major technological innovation because it finally allowed the secure fastening of a point to a dart, an add-addle dart or a spear.

Yeah. I mean, you know, things that to us do not look particularly significant, like the flute on the sides of Clovis and Folsom points. I mean, you can almost miss that when you look at those points. But the That very clearly was a major technological innovation because it finally allowed the secure fastening of a point to a dart, an add-addle dart or a spear.

Yeah. I mean, you know, things that to us do not look particularly significant, like the flute on the sides of Clovis and Folsom points. I mean, you can almost miss that when you look at those points. But the That very clearly was a major technological innovation because it finally allowed the secure fastening of a point to a dart, an add-addle dart or a spear.

And so it was one of those human genius breakthroughs where someone realized, if I just... you know, make a flute, make an indentation running down each side of this point, I can now secure my atlatl dart to it and it won't pop off upon hitting an animal. It will instead stay secure and penetrate through the skin.

And so it was one of those human genius breakthroughs where someone realized, if I just... you know, make a flute, make an indentation running down each side of this point, I can now secure my atlatl dart to it and it won't pop off upon hitting an animal. It will instead stay secure and penetrate through the skin.

And so it was one of those human genius breakthroughs where someone realized, if I just... you know, make a flute, make an indentation running down each side of this point, I can now secure my atlatl dart to it and it won't pop off upon hitting an animal. It will instead stay secure and penetrate through the skin.

And that's kind of, you know, as I said, it's not something that you look at and go, wow, this is like the invention of the Model T. Nonetheless, for these people, it effectively was a huge leap forward.

And that's kind of, you know, as I said, it's not something that you look at and go, wow, this is like the invention of the Model T. Nonetheless, for these people, it effectively was a huge leap forward.

And that's kind of, you know, as I said, it's not something that you look at and go, wow, this is like the invention of the Model T. Nonetheless, for these people, it effectively was a huge leap forward.

Yeah, it could be. And so LIDAR, I suppose, at this stage of the game, I mean, that's certainly a technological breakthrough that's enabled the discovery of all sorts of new, particularly buildings, Mayan structures that are suddenly now visible from above in a way that they never are on the ground. But LIDAR, as far as I am aware of it, it probably is not fine-grained enough

Yeah, it could be. And so LIDAR, I suppose, at this stage of the game, I mean, that's certainly a technological breakthrough that's enabled the discovery of all sorts of new, particularly buildings, Mayan structures that are suddenly now visible from above in a way that they never are on the ground. But LIDAR, as far as I am aware of it, it probably is not fine-grained enough

Yeah, it could be. And so LIDAR, I suppose, at this stage of the game, I mean, that's certainly a technological breakthrough that's enabled the discovery of all sorts of new, particularly buildings, Mayan structures that are suddenly now visible from above in a way that they never are on the ground. But LIDAR, as far as I am aware of it, it probably is not fine-grained enough

to do something like the sort of archaeological sites that you're talking about. No, I wouldn't think so. No, I tend to agree with the anthropologists you were talking to. I think we've got the sites. I think what we probably can improve the interpretation of those sites

to do something like the sort of archaeological sites that you're talking about. No, I wouldn't think so. No, I tend to agree with the anthropologists you were talking to. I think we've got the sites. I think what we probably can improve the interpretation of those sites

to do something like the sort of archaeological sites that you're talking about. No, I wouldn't think so. No, I tend to agree with the anthropologists you were talking to. I think we've got the sites. I think what we probably can improve the interpretation of those sites

sites with is going to be something like these big leaps forward we had with radiocarbon dating, which was a huge game changer 75 years ago, and now the genomic revolution, the genetic revolution, which is another enormous game changer for all kinds of things, including these sort of extinctions from the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. So I think it's going to be something like that.

sites with is going to be something like these big leaps forward we had with radiocarbon dating, which was a huge game changer 75 years ago, and now the genomic revolution, the genetic revolution, which is another enormous game changer for all kinds of things, including these sort of extinctions from the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. So I think it's going to be something like that.