The Mastodon That's Rewriting Human History – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS The subject of the early years of humanity is a fascinating one, and there’s much speculation surrounding the date of arrival in the Americas. A new research paper has proposed that the date may be much, MUCH earlier than previously thought. How much earlier? Watch and find out! Certain clips courtesy of Nature Divider by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Sources and Further Reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/67qs7r/paleontologists_have_dug_up_a_130000yearold/ https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v544/n7651/full/nature22065.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfSsgCrjb0&feature=youtu.be http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/mastodon-bone-findings-could-upend-our-understanding-human-history-n751406 http://www.10news.com/news/museum-early-humans-arrived-in-north-america-115000-years-earlier-than-thought New Videos Every Tuesday and Friday! Follow Second Thought on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondthoughtchannel/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SecondThought/ Discord: https://discord.gg/7aZxdGp Support Second Thought on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/secondthought Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads | Second Thought Popular Videos | Second Thought About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to the things in life worth thinking about! Science, history, politics, religion...basically everything you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table. Welcome! If you're interesting in being a contributor for Second Thought, send me an email with what you do (research, art, music, etc) and I'll be more than happy to talk to you and add you to the Thought Squ