Humans in San Diego over 130,000 Years Ago (Graham Hancock and fascinating controversial theories)

Are there any motives to maintaining older theories that there were not expected to be humans in California and other North American areas 130,000 years ago? Why are there motives behind which races and ethnicities existed when and where? Check out Graham Hancock’s talk with Joe Rohan which is where I initially heard about the California Mastodon: https://youtu.be/Rxmw9eizOAo Check out The NY Times 2017 article about the Mastodon in CA: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/science/prehistoric-humans-north-america-california-nature-study.html Graham Hancock is a British author and journalist who is known for his books and lectures about ancient civilizations and the possibility of advanced cultures existing in the distant past. He has written several books, including "Fingerprints of the Gods" and "The Sphinx Mystery," which explore the idea that an advanced civilization existed before recorded history and that this civilization may have left evidence of their existence in the form of megaliths and other structures found around the world. One of the pieces of evidence that has captured the attention of Hancock and other researchers is the discovery of a 130,000-year-old mastodon in California. The mastodon, a prehistoric relative of the elephant, was discovered in the 1990s in the San Diego area and is considered to be one of the oldest mastodons ever found in North America. The discovery of the mastodon was significant because it suggested that humans, or some other form of intelligent species, were present in North America long before previously believed. The mastodon was found in association with stone tools, which led some researchers to believe that it was hunted by early humans. However, the age of the mastodon and the fact that it predates the known arrival of humans in the Americas by more than 100,000 years has led some researchers to question this conclusion. Alternative explanations have been put forward, including the possibility that the stone tools were created by Neanderthals or another form of human species that lived in the Americas before modern humans. Hancock and other researchers have pointed to the discovery of the mastodon as evidence of an advanced civilization that existed before recorded history. They argue that the presence of stone tools associated with the mastodon suggests that the civilization was capable of developing sophisticated technology and that it may have been responsible for other mysterious structures found around the world. Critics of Hancock's theories argue that the discovery of the mastodon and the stone tools can be explained by more conventional means and that there is no evidence of a lost civilization. They also point out that Hancock's theories are not supported by mainstream archaeology and that there is no evidence of a civilization that existed more than 100,000 years ago. In conclusion, the discovery of the 130,000-year-old mastodon in California is a topic of debate among researchers and scholars. While some see it as evidence of an advanced civilization that existed before recorded history, others believe that it can be explained by more conventional means. Regardless of the conclusion, the discovery of the mastodon and the stone tools associated with it remains one of the most intriguing archaeological discoveries in recent history and continues to generate interest and debate among researchers and the general public.