[meteorite-list] Beaver Crossing uncovered evidence of prehistoric humans

[Darren Garrison]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:17:01 -0500, you wrote:

>........"Q: In a Nebraska newspaper, where they recounted that day in
>history, I saw that in 1948, “scientists excavating a half-ton
>meteorite at Beaver Crossing uncovered evidence of prehistoric humans
>in that area.” 

Since "prehistoric" means "before written history", "prehistoric" in North
America means 500 years ago.  Evidence that there were humans in North America
500 (or 5,000, or 10,000) years ago would not be exactly world-shattering
information.