(1.) AMERICAN NEANDERTHAL. (SubmarineArchaeologyTimes.blogspot.com)

NEANDERTHAL REMAINS FROM WESTERN HEMISPHERE DEFY CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON PALEOAMERICANS. On August 25, 2011, about 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), while exploring the immense submarine canyons (Figs. 8-10) off Monterey, California, submersible divers from Pacific Shelf Research (PSR), San Diego, made an improbable discovery that has rocked the conventional wisdom on Paleoamericans: to wit, the skull (Fig. 1) and unprecedented artifacts (Figs. 4-7) of a full-blown Neanderthal man. Calculated to be residing on the California coastline circa 50,000 (50K) years Before Present (BP). The startling relics removed from the deep offshore site include a fossilized archery bow (Figs. 5-7). And an artfully crafted flint dagger (Fig. 4), with a curious Venus of Willendorf-like handle. Which PSR has unofficially dubbed the, "Venus of Monterey". PSR's chief scientist, founder, and CEO, Curt Novolin, withheld announcement of their discovery for weeks pending radiocarbon dating of the skull and (likely) hearth charcoal recovered from the Neanderthal cave. Novolin: "We definitely took our sweet time with this one. We had to make certain that what could be one of the greatest finds in the history of anthropology, archaeology, and everything else was exactly as advertised. So we had three separate labs do the carbon work. And they all reported around fifty thousand years for the skull, and the charcoal. But their precise age is not the issue here. The fact that they exist at all is the issue. We are still reeling from it." (NOTE: The ENTIRE article describing the history making Monterey Canyon Neanderthal discovery can be read or downloaded via the LINK at the Profile page herein. All photos and captions in this Library were excerpted from the original American Neanderthal report at SUBMARINE ARCHAEOLOGY TIMES.)