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The Monte Verde controversy over who first lived in the Americas is back
New Scientist says the Chilean site's once fairly settled story became controversial again in 2026.
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New Scientist columnist Michael Marshall says arguments over Chile's Monte Verde sites are heating up again and could change our understanding of the first peoples in the Americas. He writes that Monte Verde's story was fiercely disputed for two decades, became fairly settled, then turned controversial again in 2026.
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