Ancient Bone Tool Sheds Light on Prehistoric Midwest

Radiocarbon dating shows that the tool - an awl fashioned from the leg bone of a white tail deer, with one end ground to a point - is 10,400 years old. The find supports the growing notion that, in the wake of the most recent Ice Age, humans migrated into Indiana earlier than previously thought. Dr. Christopher Schmidt, director of the Indiana Prehistory Laboratory at the University of Indianapolis, is available for interviews.

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