This Olmec Capital in Mexico Could Finally Settle Who Started Mesoamerican Civilization

#Olmec #AncientHistory #Archaeology Subscribe for more mind-blowing ancient history discoveries! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@OriginsRevealedYT?sub_confirmation=1 A colossal stone face sits in the Mexican jungle, staring out from a civilization that may have helped shape the foundations of Mesoamerica. The Olmec built monumental centers centuries before the height of the Classic Maya. But here is the problem: being first is not the same as inventing everything. At San Lorenzo, dates and monuments forced archaeologists to rethink the timeline. Then another capital complicated the story. And suddenly, the question was no longer just who came first. It was whether the entire search for a single founding civilization had misunderstood the evidence. Sources: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0505116102 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17839608/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/evolution-of-the-mesoamerican-mother-culture/B50CBB039EA8F430AD42537D31A5C267 https://beckassets.blob.core.windows.net/product/readingsample/659723/9780521111027_excerpt_001.pdf https://www.doaks.org/resources/olmec-art/introduction