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Drives Like A Car.  Mercury Villager.
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CaptionIn rolling, grassy lowlands about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Chile’s Pacific coast, archaeologists uncovered ancient artifacts that push human habitation of the New World back to some 12,500 years ago—1,300 years earlier than previously thought. They found remnants of hide-covered huts, finely crafted bone and tusk tools, more than 700 stone tools, a chunk of mastodon meat and a child’s footprint.
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