[birds chirping] The history that we were all
taught growing up is wrong. My name is Scott Wolter, and
I'm a forensic geologist. There's a hidden
history in this country that nobody knows about. There are pyramids here,
chambers, tombs, inscriptions. They're all over this country. We're going to investigate
these artifacts and sites, and we're going to
get to the truth. Sometimes history isn't
what we've been told. [music playing] SCOTT (VOICEOVER): I often find
myself investigating evidence of voyages to the United
States by brave, pre-Columbian explorers who came
here before 1492. I think the Templars, the
Celts, and the Vikings all fall into this group. But remains unearthed in a
Florida peat bogs back in 1982 could be those of some
of the very first people to come to what is
now North America. People who arrived more
than 8,000 years ago. It's a controversial theory
with huge implications. A local woman who contacted me
believes when the truth comes out about where these
people came from, it could change what we know
about the early human history of America. I want to learn more about the
bones of the prehistoric people who once lived here. Their bones were
immaculately preserved, which should help me figure
out, both who they were and where they came from. So Candida, I'm really
glad that you contacted me. Your email was very
interesting to say the least. These bog people,
they're fascinating. How did you first find
out about the bog people? I came across the bog people
on a documentary a few years back, and I've been
studying everything I could on the subject since
I found out about them. So it was discovered in, what?
1982? - Yes.
- Is that correct? Yes. There was a construction company
developing a new subdivision. OK. During the construction,
they found these skulls, and they called in the police,
because they thought that there had been a murder. Really? Yes. How many bodies did they find? They found about 100
bodies perfectly intact, brain matter and everything. They even found the
contents of food they had eaten in
their stomachs. But why did you
bring me out here? Well, I brought you out
here because I can't actually take you to the
site itself, but I wanted you to see the
environment that they were buried in.
- Ah, OK. Just get a sense of
what the site is like. Right. OK, and actually, as I
look out over the bog here, the preservation conditions have
to be perfect for brain matter to be preserved. There's two things that you
need that we do have here. One is you have to
have a neutral pH. If it was more acidic here
in the bog conditions, that would promote
the decomposition. The other thing is there's
very little, if any, oxygen in the water. So what we call anoxic
conditions, which also does not promote good composition. So the two things that
you need, you have here, and it makes it just perfect
for preserving these bodies. What's important about
these prehistoric bodies is what they tell us about
America's earliest inhabitants. Archaeologists say the
first migration took place around 13,000 BC. In school, we're taught that
the first people to America migrated from Asia
across the Bering Strait using a land bridge that's
today submerged underwater. This theory is called the
Clovis theory, because Clovis, New Mexico is where the
first tools attributed to these people were found. Some experts believe the Clovis
people were the ancestors of today's Native Americans. Today, there have been at least
seven further sites thought to be connected to
the Clovis people. So could the bodies
discovered here be Clovis settlers who made
it all the way to Florida, or did the mysterious
people buried here come from somewhere else? What else can you tell me
about these bog people? Well there's some
controversy around them. The accepted theory on them
is they were Clovis people. Back when I went
to school, I was taught that people that
originated from Asia migrated over the Bering
Strait land bridge into what is now North America. These people were considered
what they call Clovis. This would be the time
period towards the end of the great ice age. This was the time of the great
mammals like giant sloths, cave bears, saber tooth
tigers, woolly mammoths, and many people believe that
the Clovis people hunted them. So that's possible that they
could have come via that route. What do you think? I'm not really
buying into that. - You're not?
- No. What do you
think is the truth? I believe they
could be European. Is that nuts? - European?
- Yes. No, I don't think
that's nuts at all. In fact, many scholars
today are beginning to question whether or
not the Clovis people were the first people to
come to North America. If these bog people came from
Europe, like Candida believes, it doesn't make sense to me that
they'd have come from the west. A journey from Europe to Florida
across the Bering Strait land bridge would be an almost 15,000
mile trip, which seems crazy, but as a geologist, I also
know that a sheet of ice may have extended from
Europe to North America, and that distance would
only be Iran 5,000 miles, making it a much more
reasonable route to take. If a prehistoric link to
Europe could be proven, it'd be a huge deal. You know, you sent
me a photograph that I wanted to look at. So this is the skull from
one of the bog people, right? CANDIDA CUT: Yes. SCOTT WOLTER: Was there any
DNA testing that was done? There was DNA testing done,
and it hasn't been published, however, I heard
it was European DNA and not Native American
like they initially thought would be. European? Yes. Do you realize
how important this would be if even
one of these bodies came back with European DNA? This would be explosive, and
it would rewrite a huge chapter of American history. This is something we have
to get to the bottom of. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): When it
comes to the history of North America, most of us have been
taught the only people who lived here in prehistoric times
came across a land bridge that stretched from Asia to Alaska
during the last ice age. While no one challenges
that migration story, some experts are starting to
question whether the people who traveled to America along that
route were really the first. In Florida, I'm discovering
new evidence that could force a rewrite of our past. A staggering amount
of skeletal remains. Bones from 168 people
were buried in a bog here, and a local woman told
me something shocking. She thinks there's reason to
believe these skeletons are European. Because she was denied access
to the site where the bones were found, I haven't seen it
yet, but I'm about to. I'm meeting a bioarchaeologist
who has special access to the Windover bog. Because she's someone
who studies bones found at archaeological
sites, I'm hoping she can tell me about this place
and the prehistoric people who lived here. So Rachel, tell me what is so
significant about this site? Well, the site is significant
for several factors. One, it's very ancient. It dates to over
7,000 years old, so that makes it
significant because a lot of those ancient
sites don't last in the archaeological record. There were 168
individuals excavated from the base of this pond,
so it's a very large cemetery. It was probably used for
many, many hundreds of years, and the preservation is so good,
so we have a large population of very well
preserved skeletons. So really, what we're talking
about, archaeologically, is a site it's really
a goldmine, right? RACHEL WENTZ: Yes, it truly is. How was this site
first discovered? Well, like most
archaeological sites in Florida, it was discovered by accident. A backhoe operator was
scooping out the muck from the base of the
pawn back in 1982 when the housing development was
first constructed and happened to spot human remains. So I remember
reading in your book how he picked up this bowling
ball sized rock, rolled it over, and saw these two
dark eyes of the skull staring at him. That must have freaked him out. Yes, it did. I mean, originally, he
thought he had stumbled on some sort of murder,
and it wasn't until they brought in experts
and realized that this was an archaeological site
that the excavations began. So if we walk right down
here, I'll show you the site. Great. SCOTT WOLTER: So
this is the site? RACHEL WENTZ: This is the pond. OK, so just to clarify, you
call this a pond, not a bog? Well, it's a little of both. It's a very mucky pond, but
it is a boggish environment, and I mean, these are heavy
layers of peat that have built up, which is basically
what a bog is. Well, obviously, at
the time of the dig, it didn't look like this. No, it didn't. When they did the
excavations, of course, they had to drain the pond
to get out the burials down on the base. So each season they came
out from 1984 to 1986, they drained the pond and then
filled it in after each year. OK, so the geochemical
conditions of this bog or pond, as you call it, were so unique
to allow the preservation of people. I mean, that in
itself is amazing, but help me understand
who were these people and where did they come from. RACHEL WENTZ: Well,
where they came from is still part of the
mystery of finding out who these people were. We have to get DNA,
and obtaining DNA from ancient remains is really
difficult in the Americas because the preservation
is usually not very good. Windover is an exception because
these burials came from a pond, and the preservation was
such that we can get DNA. Based on examining the
remains of these 168 people, what was the primary causes
of death for these people? RACHEL WENTZ: They had a lot
of fractures, but most of them appear accidental in nature. There wasn't any
indication that they were involved in a lot of
battles or interpersonal violence. What we could see at Windover is
a lot of infection, arthritis, dental disease. We were able to tell a
lot about life and health 7,000 years ago in Florida. Pretty tough life back then. Oh, yes. Why would these people have
buried their dead in a pond? RACHEL WENTZ: We have the
theme of water permeating a lot of Aboriginal populations. It's part of their origin myths,
so whether water signified something to them and
their belief system, these are very complex burials. These individuals
were buried with items they used in life, tools,
weaponry, items of adornment. They were wrapped in
hand-woven textiles, and they were placed in
this pond with probably with great ceremony. This is not a simple
way to bury someone. I was recently on an airboat
ride into the swamps here looking at the bogs and
the organic material, similar to what we have
here, and my understanding is there are two things. The neutral pH that
was present here to help with the preservation,
and the conditions, which are critical for
fossil preservation. Is that correct? That is correct. These were the perfect
conditions for the preservation of skeletons. So tell me about some of
the DNA work that took place. The DNA work, of course,
is key to finding out where these people originated,
and what the DNA tells us is that this is-- the people from Windover
came from Asian stock, as we believe all Native
Americans came from. That's what the DNA
indicates at this point. Of course, we're still making
new discoveries each year. But where did this specific
information come that this site had European DNA? When they first identified
the particular haplogroup for Windover, they
had also identified that in European stock. So initially, the
conclusion was, oh, my gosh, there's
a connection here, but what they have since
found is that haplogroup the group originated in Asia. It's a very ancient
haplogroup, and it's very unique in North America. Windover is one of very few
that has this signature, but everything we have found
indicates that these people came from Asia. So you're saying there
was nothing found here that indicates a
European origin at all? Is that correct? The skeletons, the
DNA, the artifacts are typical of what we find here
in North America for that time period. We're still trying to tease
out when people arrived in the Americas, how they
got here, whether they walked via land bridges or skirted
the coast using watercraft, and then there are some that
believe they didn't come from Asia at all, that there
were some migrants coming over from across the Atlantic,
and it's very controversial. It is controversial. But I know there's
someone at the Smithsonian is examining a
possible connection between European culture and
ancient Native Americans. Really? Yes. So there's somebody
at the Smithsonian who is investigating
the possibility of a European origin
for Native Americans here in the United States? Well, if that's true,
that is a big deal, and I have to go check it out. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): I'm
investigating America's [m ancient history, and I'm
questioning if the earliest people to come to America
thousands of years ago may not have been who we
thought or have come from where we've been taught. The established
prehistory of our country says migrants known as the
Clovis people got here first by crossing a land bridge from
Asia around 15,000 years ago. But what if that's all wrong? Some believe ancient travelers
may have crossed an ice sheet arriving in North
America even earlier, but from the other
direction, entirely. I met a woman in
Florida who believes that immaculately preserved
skeletons found in a peat bog could be European, while the
bioarchaeologist I just met disagrees. But even if the skeletons
aren't European, someone does believe prehistoric
European travelers made it to America, and that someone
comes from the last place I'd expect. The dusty halls of
the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian is
known for housing some of the most renowned artifacts. From the Hope Diamond, thought
to be the world's largest blue diamond, to the Star
Spangled Banner that inspired the US national
anthem, to the hat worn by Abraham Lincoln on the
night of his assassination. The Smithsonian houses some
of the world's most valuable treasures, but
they are not known for challenging the status quo. There are even legends and
conspiracy theories suggesting the Smithsonian withholds
evidence to suppress the truth. That's why it's shocking to
me that my next clue could be hidden behind these doors. Well, Dennis, I'm
curious, what do you think about the urban
legends about the Smithsonian is hiding artifacts? Oh, well, the artifacts we
curate and take care of here are properties of the people-- I'd say the world. OK And if you make
an appointment, we'll show you anything we have. I'm going to take
you up on that. All right. What I'm trying to understand
better is the first peopling of America's. Maybe, in fact, it came from
Europe across the ice bridge down into North America. Well, the evidence
that we've found supports that idea almost 100%. It looks like ice age Europeans
did get to North America probably 23,000 years ago. That's not what I
was taught in school. Me either. SCOTT (VOICEOVER):
Dr. Stanford's theory is revolutionary. He believes that the Solutreans,
a group of ancient people from modern day France,
traveled to America sometime between 14,000 and
25,000 years ago, predating even the
Clovis people, who were thought to have been here
first around 15,000 years ago. Stanford thinks the Solutreans
migrated from the East Coast of the United States and shared
their distinctive tool making skills with Clovis people
who came from the west. The Clovis people used
advanced stone tools eerily similar to tools
found in Solutra, France. Explain to me this migration
of the Solutrean people from Europe to North America. How did that happen? DENNIS STANFORD:
Well, basically, let's look at this map here. You see that these people are
all along what's currently the north coast of Spain
and southwest France, but during the Ice Age,
the coast is clear out here because the lower sea level. SCOTT WOLTER: So you
created more land out into what is now the ocean,
where these people were living, and now, it's under
200, 300 feet of water. DENNIS STANFORD: Well, for
instance, right here, there's over 400,000 acres that are now
underwater that would have been available for people
and animals to utilize. Where do people like to live? You know, when you
turn on the satellite view of the world at night,
where's most of the lights? SCOTT WOLTER: Around
the coastline. DENNIS STANFORD: Right
around the coastlines. And the coast is an easier place
to make a living than any place else. What do you really need during
a real cold period is fat. Right. And seals are the primary
thing they're after. Wait a minute. Now, what you're suggesting is
they would have to have boats? Boats have been
around for 50,000 years. When you have a
boat, water bodies, such as oceans, rivers,
lakes, no longer barriers, they're highways. So what you're
suggesting is we had a migration or a movement
from Europe to North America? Well, that what the
ultimate outcome is. So the Solutrean
people were living here and then began to migrate,
feeding off the seals and making their way west. DENNIS STANFORD: They no doubt
landed and worked their way south over the years. As a matter of fact, here's a
specimen, which is a Solutrean type biface called
a laurel leaf, and this one was found at
the intersection of the James and Appomattox
river in Virginia. Really? But guess what? It's made out of
flint from France. Wait a minute. So you're saying this piece
here was found in Virginia-- what is now Virginia-- but the rock itself, this
chert, is French chert? Yes, exactly. So somebody brought this
rock or this artifact from Europe to Virginia. That's the only thing
that could have happened? Absolutely. And what time did that happen? Well, the artifact
itself dates probably around 20,000 years old. These are all local
rocks from Virginia. This is getting into some
pretty controversial territory. You realize that, right? Totally. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): Dennis
Stanford's vast collection of artifacts supports the
idea of a Solutrean migration to America more than
20,000 years ago. Even though Dr. Rachel
Wentz in Windover told me the DNA of the
bog people in Florida wasn't European,
not everyone agrees, and I think it's important
to hear what Dennis thinks. So Dennis, I was
recently in Florida, and I looked at these bog people
I'm sure you've heard about. Could this suggest,
down in Florida, that there were Solutrean and
Clovis people from Europe that came down there? Actually, I think it might,
because the DNA that they think these people had
comes from Europe, and it probably came from
Europe around 23,000 years ago. SCOTT (VOICEOVER):
Dennis' belief that there is a
connection between the bog people in ancient
Europe contradicts what I heard from the
expert at the site. Dennis speculates that even if
the 7,000 year old bog people are not the Solutreans, they're
still an important connection. I think they are
definitely the descendants of the Solutreans
without a doubt. We are getting a lot of these
Solutreans kind of artifacts in Florida as well, I might add. SCOTT WOLTER: Really? Well, what's
really interesting is this engraving
of a mammoth that's on a fragment of a bone from
an extremely large animal. So with this size
animal, it would have to be either a mammoth,
a mastodon, or a ground sloth. And doesn't that tell us
something about the age right there? That tells us that it's
at least over 11,000 years old, which is when these
animals all went extinct. Some people think that
this is a mammoth, but personally, I don't
because of the configuration of the back of the animal. It fits better a mastodon
than it does a mammoth. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): Mammoth
and mastodons are related, but mastodons were slightly
smaller with shorter legs, a lower flatter head, and
an average height of to nine feet in contrast to the 9
to 12 foot tall mammoth. Fossils for both creatures have
been found in North America, having been hunted by man. Well, I have to say, Dennis,
you say it's a mastodon, some people say it's a
mammoth, why does it matter? Because there are no
mastodons in Europe, there are only mammoths. So it couldn't have been
copied from European cave art is really what that means. Exactly. We've examined this
in great detail, and there's absolutely
nothing on the specimen itself that says fake. Who found this? A gentleman by the name
of James Kennedy found it. Dennis, this is amazing stuff,
and it really hits me hard, personally, because I was
taught that the peopling of the Americas came from Asia
across the Bering Strait land bridge into the Americas,
but your work suggests that the peopling of America,
that was part of the story, but in fact, the new chapter
is coming from what is Europe into what is now the
Americas, and this bone here seems to be a key piece
of evidence to support this new theory. I mean, this changes the
paradigm in a huge way. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): I'm returning
to Florida on a mission to discover if prehistoric
Europeans were actually the first to make it to America. The established
historical record says that Native Americans
crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America
around 13,000 BC, and while no one's downplaying
the incredibly rich Native American culture,
what I've learned is that ice age
explorers from Europe may have also made it here,
perhaps even 20,000 years ago. One of the pieces of
evidence is a carving found by a man in Florida. It's the oldest piece of art
ever found in North America, and it's a critical
clue in what amounts to a prehistoric mystery. So you're the guy who
found the mammoth carving? Yes, sir. I'm trying to understand who
the first humans were to North America. Did they come from Asia, like
is the prevailing theory, or did they come from Europe,
and then I talked to Dennis Stanford, and he's absolutely
convinced that the first people that came here were
Europeans, the Solutreans, from around France. A big piece of evidence
that really got him excited was your amazing discovery, so
I want to learn more about that. Well, I've got one of the
replicas that the Smithsonian-- - Is that over there?
- Yeah, hold on. Let me get it for you. This isn't exactly the same one. This is one of the cast. Tell me a little
more about it. How did you find it? Well, the story is funny. This thing sat under my sink
for 2 and 1/2 years at least. Really? Yeah, I went to a dig site
that we have that's private, and we collected a
bunch of bones that day, put them in a box, I
was going to take them down to the flea market give
them away to small children there. I took the bone out
and I rinsed it off. I was standing over my sink,
and the light above my sink caught it just right, and I
noticed the engraving on it. This is one of the most
important artifacts ever found in North America. Well, what did you think
when you first saw it? Well, honestly, I'm
not an archaeologist. I wasn't aware of just
how important it was. So how did Dennis
Stanford find out about it? I called the
Smithsonian Institution and the head of
archeology there. So obviously, the
word began to spread. What was the reaction
of the scholars and other archaeologists? Total skepticism
until they saw it. Really? Yes. Every single test that
there was known to man this has been put through. There have been archaeologists
here from Europe, all over the world. All of them have done one thing. They all agree that it's real. Well, to be quite
honest with you, I don't find it
unbelievable, and I don't find it a stretch at all. To me, it seems
quite reasonable, and now, the evidence is
starting to come forward, and this is a key piece
to that whole question. Who came to America first? Sounds like the Solutreans. Yes, and human beings
always tend to surprise us. Every year, we find
out something new. In 1855, if they would
have told you, well, we're going to be on the moon, they
would have thrown you out of the village. I mean, this
artifact all by itself can change the history
of North America. People coming here
hadn't been from Europe. Yes, I agree. In fact, this whole
area in Vero Beach has a history of ancient
artifacts and relics. SCOTT WOLTER: Really? Yes, it does, and
I have an old friend. We could meet at one of those
sites-- the Vero man site-- to give you a lot
of history on that. Let's go. OK. SCOTT (VOICEOVER): The
discovery of James' carving is having a big impact
on this area of Florida and causing experts
to take another look at other ancient
archaeological finds. The Vero site is one of them. Located 75 miles south of the
Windover bog where the bog people were found. The Vero site was first
excavated in 1915. Bones from at least
five different people were discovered and dated
back to the Ice Age. At the time they
were discovered, people thought there
were no humans in America before 6,000 years ago, so
finding human bones here with extinct ice age
mammals, like the mastodon in mammoth, changed our
understanding of the past. Now, there's renewed interest in
excavating this area, something that might, again
change what we think we know about our history. I want to see this
site for myself, and I'm interested in James
as historian friend named Gene Roddenberry, who shares
a name with the creator of TV Star Trek. Well, Gene, it was nice of
you to join us here today. GENE RODDENBERRY:
It's a pleasure. A pleasure. And I have to ask. GENE RODDENBERRY: Yes? Any connection to that Gene
Roddenberry of Star Trek fame? He and I had the
same great great great great great grandfather. [laughter] OK, so there is. That's cool. Yes. I was recently at the Windover
site looking at the bog people. A cemetery that has
bodies there that date back to at least 7,000
maybe 8,000 years ago. James mentioned the burial site
that there were human remains also found here. That is correct. With big creatures, right? Very big creatures. OK, what do you
know about that? Well, this site,
originally, what you have is an excavation for a
canal that was dug in 1915, I believe, and they started
digging a large Pleistocene megafauna bones up. Megatherium, giant ground
sloth, mastodon, turtle, deer, alligator, horse. So they were found
together with human bones? Right in here. What makes James' mastodon
carvings so important is that, until the
middle of the 1800s, nobody knew what a
mastodon looked like. All they had was bones. Right. Whoever etched that
mastodon had to have see one. That's what makes
it so important. You know, most people don't
realize that giant mammoths and mastodons and
these huge mammals lived together with humans. I mean, humans
actually hunted them, so they definitely
were together. There's no question about that. Do you think that the
human remains found here could be related to ancient
Europeans that came over here? It's certainly possible. OK, well, those bones would
be really important to study, then. Where are they now? The early finds here are lost. Nobody knows where they are. I mean, they're
completely gone? Completely gone. Do you think
that's by accident, or do you think there
is something going on? It's certainly possible. But in this
particular case, what we need is some fresh evidence. This place is absolutely
a treasure trove of fossils and different pieces here. In this whole argument,
were the Solutreans here first or is it Clovis, there needs
to be more evidence collected, so it can't be
denied any longer. SCOTT (VOICEOVER):
I'm in Florida, where the discovery of bodies
in a bog, an 11,000 year old carving of a mastodon,
and old bones have the potential
to rewrite history. Evidence like this
suggests the Solutreans, a group of people from
prehistoric France traveled from Europe to North
America, over 20,000 years ago. But I want to find more. This whole area Florida is
littered with fossils that could be connected
to this mystery, and if anyone can help me find
fossils, it's James Kennedy. He's an avid fossil hunter, and
the one who discovered what's possibly the oldest man made
carving in the United States. Hey, James. JAMES KENNEDY: Hey, man. Great day to get out there. I'm ready to see if
we can find some more evidence that ancient
cultures from Europe made it here to Florida. Maybe dating back as
far as 25,000 years ago according to the
Dennis Stanford, and that bone you found with
the mammoth carving on it, there could be another
one, could there? Well, I don't think an artist
would only make one painting. There's a lot of stuff out here. This place is rich in fossils. I've found them
my whole life I've been digging this stuff up. SCOTT WOLTER: So you
think we have a chance? JAMES KENNEDY: Yes, sir.
I say we go. We're not going to find
anything sitting here talking about.
- I'm here. Let's go.
- All right. James is taking me
to a place near where he found his carving. I want to look for
more fossils that could figure into this mystery. It looks some rock on that
edge of that beach over there, and there's some
on this side too. The area he's taking me to is
known as the spoil islands. These islands are
made of material the Army Corps of Engineers
tossed aside when they dug out canals here in the 1940s. Geologically, this is an
ideal place to find fossils. Ancient bones that may once
have been buried under layers of soil were upturned when
these islands were created. If I can find
fossils of creatures like ancient mastodons
or mammoth here, then they could also contain
carvings that might tell us who was here first. So you like this spot, huh? Yeah, I like this. This is good. SCOTT WOLTER: So what
am I looking for? Well, mainly
the texture on it. You look for the bone
marrow a lot of times. That you find a lot of,
because most of these pieces are broken. You'll have a smooth
side and a rough side. The main color we're looking
for is the tan and red like rust red because of the
iron ore content in the ground here, the bone
absorbs lots of that. SCOTT WOLTER: Well,
there's a lot of rocks here that have that color. Well, that's why we've
got to go through them. So shape too, I suppose. Yes. If it looks like a bone, it
look probably is a bone, right? Yes. SCOTT WOLTER: Let's
find something. JAMES KENNEDY: Let's
find it, brother. Is this something. JAMES KENNEDY: Yes, it is. That's crocodile. See these pits? That's crocodile
jaw is what that is. Absolutely.
- So I got one? Yeah, that's it. SCOTT WOLTER: What's that? JAMES KENNEDY: Looks like bone. Another one? There it is. That's two. That's mammoth or
mastodon is what that is. That's a big one, isn't it? Yeah, that's that's part of
the other guy we found over there, I'm sure.
- Nice! Wait a minute. What's that? JAMES KENNEDY: That's
mastodon tooth. SCOTT WOLTER: This is mastodon? JAMES KENNEDY: Yeah,
look at the knuckles. Wait a minute.
Is that a too-- that's a tooth. That's a piece of the tooth. Shut up! Is that really? That's mastodon. No, I think it is. Look at that.
See how it's worn right there? JAMES KENNEDY: Yeah, that's
where he was chewing. SCOTT WOLTER: And the
points right here. JAMES KENNEDY: This is
what I told you, brother. Mastodon! JAMES KENNEDY: Yeah. Here's what we've got so far. The human bones that were
found at the Windover bog site and at Vero Beach
absolutely proves that there were human beings
here at least 8,000 years ago. And Dr. Stanford's
evidence at the Smithsonian was very compelling. He thinks, and I think he's
right that the Solutreans came over here from Europe perhaps
as long ago as 25,000 years, and that mammoth bone you
found with the carving absolutely supports DNA
Stanford's theory that it was the Europeans that
came over here. The evidence is
mounting to the point where it's impossible to deny. And I agree with you on
that, and the mammoth carving that I found is very much so
the proof all I ever needed and Dr. Stanford, but I
also have something else I want to show you too, Scott. You have something else? I have only showed this to
a few of the experts, a few of the scientists, and
I've waited for this time to talk to you and show you. I have another carving. You do? Yes, I do. And this one, not only shows
the animals from the Ice Age, it shows human interaction
with those animals. All right, we're
done collecting. Let's go look at it. Let's go. All right, man. Ay, man. Take your eyepiece
and look at this. After the other piece, I started
going through all the ones I took from that area,
and there it was. And this is the
original piece? Yes. If you look here,
you'll see a man holding a spear over his head. There's another carving
here, it's a fish. What? And it's got an eye there. No way. Where did you find this? Same place. As the mastodon carving? Yes, well, if this was found
together with the mastodon carving and Dennis Stanford said
it was at least 13,000 years, which would not be Clovis, this
has got to be a Solutrean man right here. This is amazing. I like this better
than the mastodon. I do too. Has Dennis Stanford
seen this yet? No, he knows about it. Do you realize
what you have here? Not really, I've kept
it more of a secret. This is amazing. Scientifically, this changes
everything about the history of our country. Right here, we could
have a Solutrean man. A man that dates back
over 13,000 years, maybe even back 25,000 years
here in North America. This could be one of the
first North Americans ever to come here. After leaving Florida, there
was little doubt in my mind that the salute trends from
Europe did make it to America, but the truth is,
it doesn't matter who is first, what does matter
is that their stories are told. From the people whose remains
were discovered in the Windover bog to the mastodon carving to
the Native Americans and Clovis people who made an epic journey
across the Bering Strait land bridge long ago. What's important is that they're
all part of the same story. The story of America. The story of people who've been
working alongside each other no matter where they're from. Sharing ideas, technology,
and creating a home for thousands of years.
