A massive sinkhole drainage project in Florida is about to expose something that could rewrite American history. For decades, archaeologists believed the first Americans arrived over land thousands of years ago, crossing from Asia.
A sinkhole in Florida’s Aucilla River has become one of the most heavily studied archaeological sites in the Americas, with evidence indicating humans were present there roughly 14,550 years ago, more than a thousand years before the culture long credited as the first in North America.The site, known as Page-Ladson, sits in the Big Bend region of Florida where the Aucilla River runs dark with tann…