Pedra Furada , disputed archaeological site in the Northeast Brazil . It was assumed that there were herd and Contains stone artifacts, which are 48,000 years old, some 35,000 years earlier than the generally accepted dates for the first human settlement in the Americas. Experts have concluded that the early "occupation deposits" and associated "stone artefacts" were likely formed by natural geological phenomena.
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