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Texas toolmakers add to the debate over who the first Americans were

Unearthed spearpoints and other stone tools go back at least 16,000 years

spearpoints from Texas

AMERICAN MADE  Human-modified stones excavated in central Texas date to more than 16,000 years ago. Finds include a spearpoint (far right) unlike any others previously unearthed at ancient American sites.

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By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

People inhabited what’s now central Texas several thousand years before hunters from North America’s ancient Clovis culture showed up, researchers say.