Texas toolmakers add to the debate over who the first Americans were
Unearthed spearpoints and other stone tools go back at least 16,000 years
![spearpoints from Texas](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/061118_BB_toolmakers_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
AMERICAN MADE Human-modified stones excavated in central Texas date to more than 16,000 years ago. Finds include a spearpoint (far right) unlike any others previously unearthed at ancient American sites.
N. Velchoff/The Gault School of Archaeological Research ©