An underrated Joe skill is knowing when to let people talk while sprinkling a few questions here and there.

I love when Joe has people on who simply just want to explain their vast knowledge. They don’t care about the exposure or press. They just want to tell others what they know, and I love that.

One of the 1st Mountain Men (1780's) wintered over with Indian Tribe. He wrote that the old Chief told him the story of the Chief as a young man participated in the last hunt of the Great Beasts. And described Woolly Mammoths exactly.

Dr Floes was one of my history professors at TTU. Fantastic teacher and engaging lectures. Still remember him after more than thirty years

I had Dan Flores as a professor at U of Montana for two classes they were the best classes I ever took as a college student in the mid 1990s. Super nice dude, approachable and helpful in understanding of the American West and history.

I love history and I love hearing historians talk about history but it never ceases to amaze me how much we don’t know and how much we assume based on very little evidence! It makes me wonder what life was truly like back in those times!

Haven't watched Rogan in a while but if he's having these kinds of conversations I might start checking him out again.

More Dan Flores, please!!!!! I love listening to and learning from academics who possess a natural flair for storytelling. Dan Flores' appearance on Parts Unknown with the late Anthony Bourdain was all too short, it's wonderful to see him speak at length on this show!!!

The cowboy he spoke of in the beginning, George McJunkin, is a legend and stories worth reading about.

I absolutely love this stuff, thank you Joe for having this man on !

Beautiful stone points! One of the hardest points to make! Those Clovis flutes require an INSANE amount of precision flaking. I NEVER managed to pop the flutes off in all my attempts. Could get the edges shaped, but NEVER did i get close to finishing one without shattering a perfectly good piece!

This is why jre is so popular,he gets really deep into the conversation,another really good episode

“Their tools were their art” - absolutely fascinating stuff. I could listen to this guy for days,

In the winter of 1992, a construction crew in San Diego, California started cutting into the rocks that flanked the State 54 Highway, in a bid to widen the road. Those rocks hailed from the Pleistocene period and were rich in Ice Age fossils, so scientists from the San Diego Museum of Natural History accompanied the crew to recover whatever they unearthed. Among bits of horse, camel, dire wolf, and ground sloth, they found the remains of a single mastodon-an extinct mammoth-like animal. “And we noticed there was something different about it,” says Thomas Deméré, who was part of the team.Based on several lines of evidence-the way the bones are broken, the way they lay, the presence of large stones that show curious patterns of wear and are out-of-place in the surrounding sediment-the team think that early humans used rocks to hammer their way into the mastodon’s bones. That wouldn’t have been contentious in itself, but the team also claims that the bones from the “Cerruti Mastodon” are 130,000 years old. That would push back the earliest archaeological evidence for humans in North America by a whopping 115,000 years. Edit: This article was take from the Atlantic and it's about the article written in "Nature". It destroys "clovis first" dogma entirely and that's why they didn't publish it for 20 years as this occurred in the early 1990's. Let's be honest about something. If they're lying about this what else are they lying about? People have been here in the Americas far longer than they are letting on. Why would they want to cover that up? That's the real question.

Having someone like Jamie just bringing up stuff about the conversation without speaking unless being spoken to. Would make any conversation 100000x better. Keep it up

Clovis and Folsom points are highly sought after by collectors. Clovis points have been found all over North America. I found my first spear point when I was very young, been hooked on precolumbian artifacts and way of life ever since. Ive found dozens of points since that time that range Mississippian and Woodland period points to early archaic and even a few paleo points and tools that are very old. Relic and artifact collecting is very popular in the US especially in the southeast where you can find native american artifacts laying in farm fields.

"ceremonial" is one of those words that historians and archeologists use, when they have no idea why an object exists.

Fascinating. Need to get this individual on more often. Harkens back to old school JRE. Secondly, despite the absurdity of early archeology in America and how much Clovis influenced the discussion, providing a venue to acknowledge early American cultures are appreciated.

Was raised in the Clovis area in New Mexico, and it is always cool to hear about the area, especially on the JR Podcast!

Fascinating episode. One of my favorites from Dan Flores.

He said, "They killed the animal while it was still alive." Well, you can't kill an animal after it's already dead.

Absolutely incredible conversation. Looking forward to his audio books.

It is so cool in my retirement to walk the creeks here in the mid-west and find flint arrowheads and clovis points. The time frame of these points are 150 to 10,000 years old.

My dad dug a Clovis point in the late 1960s from a mound dwellers mound in Arkansas near the Mississippi River my brother still has it

Thank you Joe for asking short intelligent questions and then lletting the man talk!

Clovis man had a very old settlement that was discovered just West of Houston on the Katy prairie along the Cypress river. When it was discovered it completely shut down the building of the 99 freeway that was under construction. It was discovered from the site they had been trading with other peoples that lived North of around Galveston at the time

Wow. One of the few interviews on JRE that I could watch to conclusion. Good job Joe!

Great interview. Fascinating stuff. Awesome guest.

JRE is one of those podcasts that you always get something new and interesting that you probably haven’t heard of yet and has experts who describe things in a way that everyone can comprehend and grasp! Thanks joe for always being a honest and interesting man that you are brother!!

Glad to see him back on the podcast. Interesting view points I haven't heard off. Will have to watch the full episode

ank you for bringing this to light. My families verbal teachings has always said, "We have always been here"........

Thanks for sharing and excellent guest! Im NA dineh from AZ

This is my jam. I'm definitely going to listen to the whole pod with this guy.

Going to listen to the full podcast during my workout. I am also leaving his book on my wishlist to buy as soon as it is economically feasible for me. Wonderful content!

Amazing interview. Thank you.

How knowledgeable is this man? He can cite dates and details almost at will. Fascinating stuff

George McJunkin is a solid stripper name.

I live near the Clovis burial in Montana that was referenced. We do have genonomic data from the burial and it was used to help determine that he was closely related to native people of central and south america who would have come from common ancestry in Siberia. A site nearby was recently discovered with two Clovis camp sites at 11k feet which will be the highest elevation evidence to date.

This is my home town and it’s beautiful to me especially when it rains and that’s rare and the wild flowers come out. Yeah there is nothing for young people to do but to me it wild and beautiful. We have old history around here from dinosaurs to Billy the Kid to Buddy Holly recording here. It may be flat land but it’s vast and to me beautiful . Once thousands of buffalo roamed here and I think of that when I go walking .

It doesnt matter what Joe Rogan talks about, you can sit here and listen to 1 hour of whatever. Love his content

In 2007 there was a study posted in National Geographic that the Clovis people were not the first in America

i am currently reading Dan Flores's Wild New World book. It is one of the saddest and most powerful views of this country Ive ever read. Dr Flores research and honesty is brave and true. It explains so much of why we are currently in political and social and natural upheaval. I thank him deeply for this courageous and enlightening history truthfully told.

About half way through the full podcast, one of the best episodes of jre in a while

The discovery of the Clovis people and the Folsom people not only revolutionized our understanding of North American history, but also revealed the incredible ingenuity and skill of these early human populations. Their unique fluted points, made from high-quality flint and obsidian, were not only functional tools but also artistic expressions of their culture. It's fascinating to learn that these early Americans, who lived thousands of years ago, had such a deep understanding of their environment and were able to create complex tools that are still admired today. The fact that they spread throughout the continent, from the Southeast to New England, shows the resilience and adaptability of these ancient peoples. The Clovis people's story is a testament to the rich and diverse history of North America, and it reminds us that there is still so much to learn about our ancient ancestors.

Thank you joe for bring him on your podcast and sharing this information to the people

truly fascinating.. thank you Dan Flores

Ahhh yes, Dan’s first episode is one of my all time favorites

Can we please go back to uploading episodes in their entirety 🙂

Perhaps they weren’t left unused for ceremonial purposes, but for preparation purposes. Stone blades break and wear down so maybe they made ones in advance anticipating one breaking so that they were always prepared.

I found something that is interesting very very old. I don't understand how it was built. Keep up the good work JR.

I like in cowboy stories how the horse always slide right up to the edge of a cliff.

One of my professors in college had a similar story where they found a prehistoric Bison kill site that would potentially change dates that placed people in Oklahoma earlier than we originally thought.

This is the most fascinating topic anyone can spill about! Just amazing at the history we're still finding out about ourselves! Unbelievable....

My high school history teacher, David Mielke, found Clovis Points in Ohio, during the 1970s.

naming the federal reserve bank owners is not antisemitism.

I just read the story of George McJunkin last month, it's a remarkable story. So glad this man received due. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Nice work, thanks.

This stuff is fascinating. Thanks JR

We need more information and talks on this subject.

I'm born and Raised New Mexican. Our state is full of dark mysteries

i've read his book, American Serengeti. Wonderful, one of my favorites.

Very well told Dan. Thanks

The meadowcroft rock shelter, cactus hill virginia, the gault site in texas, and the ancient footprints in new mexico are all evidence of pre-clovis habitation of the americas… the Cerutti mastadon site as well. There are petroglyph sites all around america that date to 12+ thousand years ago. I hope he gets into this. There has only been one clovis burial ever found…. He makes it seem like there is multiple when he speaks of “a burial in montana”.

I grew up on the coast in Massachusetts about 25 miles north of Boston. There are beaches where pre 1620 North Americans lived at least part of the time for a very long time. Especially after a good storm has churned the sands up in a short period of time looking you can find broken arrowheads, spearheads, pieces of knives. There is one spot where stone nappers would either gather together to work or generations of nappers worked alone, but for many many years, because there are a lot of discarded chips, and half arrow/spear heads/knife blades, where some people had started a project but the the arrowhead broke before completion so was left, discarded as trash. A friend of mine has drawers of chips and pieces she has collected ever since she was a little girl.

Great video 👏 great guest thanks Joe 😊

Thanks be to God we have ppl like him, very interesting.

I read somewhere that humans crossed from Russia to Alaska over the yet to flood Bering Strait in 21000 BC and from the people crossing the Bering Strait in Alaska, the first known settlers in Nashville, TN was in 13000 BC so that theoretically it 8000 years to get from the Bering Strait to Nashville. Also, the reason that the Nashville (NHL) Predators are called the Predators is because of the remains of a saber tooth tiger that was found at the arena's site in 1971. That saber tooth tiger was carbon dated to be over 9000 years old.

@ 4:57 - I’m from Clovis, New Mexico. We never learned about any of this in school. What an amazing discovery to not be taught about in school.

I live in Lubbock Texas. A camp sight for Clovis people. We have a wonderful museum and preserve. I wouldn’t say travel here from another state but if you are here, swing by. It’s very easy to get to.

My brother was stationed in Clovis, NM. Lemme tell you, there is nothing there but it’s history

Great episode

THANK YOU *JRE*

Great Show! Very interesting!

What an eloquent clip explaining American territory history. How many of us knew about this? So very few.

There was a clovis spot found in a SW Michigan last summer that really changes the history of the upper midwest as we know it!

What i find amazing is in 15,000 years people will look back at us right now, and think the same thing we think about those people, and what life must have been like and how hard it must have been to live thru that,or at least i hope so.

Excellent guest, Dan is a great speaker and pulls me into these stories beautifully...

I'm an artifact hunter.....and I know of a few dozen Clovis sites in the three county area where I hunt. They were everywhere......

The Gault Archaeology Site is very close to Austin TX and has one of the largest (if not THE largest) collection of Clovis points in North America. After they excavated pits like 30+ feet deep, they stopped finding clovis points. But they kept digging, through several layers of "sterile" soil, and eventually came across a collection of PRE-Clovis points.... indicating that the makers of Clovis points were not the "original" culture of North America, as this video's title suggests. You guys should have the head of the Gault site on your show. He is a great presenter and could clarify some of these misconceptions about Clovis being a unified culture. Most likely many, many different cultures through tool technology gradually spread.

Dr. Flores was my favorite professor. Super nice guy, knowledgeable, and has a huge shaft...wow

06:40 The most important and distinctive characteristic of Solutrean lithic techniques is the bifacial percussion-flaked points present in most Solutrean artifacts. This characteristic provides the primary foundation for evidence in support of the Hypothesis, as Solutrean and Clovis points share this commonality. The Clovis culture is a prehistoric Paleoamerican culture, named for distinct stone tools found near Clovis, New Mexico. When observed, both of these tools share common aesthetic features which have led to the speculation that Clovis points derived from Solutrean techniques.[12]

Some of the highest concentration of Clovis points have been found on Marylands Eastern Shore on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Sites like Paw Paw cove, Tilghman Island, Parsons Island, Meekins Neck have yielded numbers of points unparalleled in North America.

The 'Clovis First' theory is already done. This guy needs a firmware update.

The Gault site in Texas just north of Austin has produced artifacts below the Clovis culture by 18 inches and has been carbon dated to 16K to 20K years BP. It has the distinction of being the oldest known human culture in the Western Hemisphere.

Why is this episode hidden on Spotify?! You have to search it out by episode vs being on the recent page

I’m a Native American from Montana. ❤️💪🏼

The Billy Bob Thornton of History.

Apparently nobody has updated their science enough to know that the clovis first narrative is false

What a great speaker !👏👏👏

This cat looks like Joe Rogan dressed up as Willie Nelson doing a Billy Bob Thornton impression🤣🤣🤣 Super insightful dude tho.

RIP to the man who ran across these giant bones with his horse!

Great story teller

Charles McJunkin? What a fantastic name I love it sign me up for more of Charles McJunkin.

I have clovis artifacts, I lived in an area where they were just sticking out of the ground, the archeological people came to investigate, they told me aprox 12000 years old all the way to recent, they were nomadic and this area was next to a spring so it was used for millenia

Did this guy write a book about the subject? I like his storytelling

My family tree traces back to Clovis ancestors and I’m here for my reparations 🫴

Dude looks like an old version of joe😂

“Some fancy archeologist” 😂

If the Clovis people were able to overhunt all animals in North America, why didn't Africa or Europe have all its animals extinct? Considering those continents had humans earlier than in North America.

The history of early America is fascinating, flint knapping Clovis blades takes god-like skill.