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The Paisley Caves in the U.S. state of Oregon are an archeological site where human remains, thought to be evidence of the oldest human civilization in North America, were discovered.

Discovery

According to a report published online 2008-04-03, a field school from the University of Oregon found a pre-Clovis culture site in the summer of 2007, containing the oldest human DNA yet discovered in the American continents. This assertion is based on dried-out samples of excrement (coprolites) found in caves known as the Paisley Caves, about 220 miles southeast of Eugene, Oregon, on the eastern side of the Cascade mountain range. The caves are in the Summer Lake basin at 4520 ft elevation and face to the west. They are north of the town of Paisley, Oregon.

The site, Paisley 5 Mile Point Cave, is said to be located in a perfect spot to support the Pre-Clovis Pacific coast migration theory of American colonization: in the hinterlands of what is Oregon today, upriver from the Pacific Ocean along the Klamath River.

See also

• Fort Rock Cave
• Kennewick Man
• Marmes Rockshelter

References

1. Science Express
2. Preclovis
4. Dennis L. Jenkins, Director, Northern Great Basin Field School. "NGBPP Research at the Paisley Caves". Retrieved 2008-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Paisley Caves

• Discovery of preclovis human DNA
• Scientific American
• NYTimes
• Paisley Caves description from University of Oregon

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