Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button · Aired Aug 26, 2026
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The Pedra Furada site in Brazil contains hearth-like structures and charred stones dated to over 50,000 years ago.
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There really are charred stones and hearth-like features at Pedra Furada that lead excavator Niede Guidon and her team have dated to 50,000 years or more, in some analyses up to about 60,000 years. What this leaves out is that many archaeologists think these are natural rockfalls or fire scars rather than human-made hearths, so whether people were actually there that long ago is genuinely disputed.
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Is it true that the Pedra Furada site in Brazil contains hearth-like structures and charred stones dated to over 50,000 years ago?
It leaves out the other side. There really are charred stones and hearth-like features at Pedra Furada that lead excavator Niede Guidon and her team have dated to 50,000 years or more, in some analyses up to about 60,000 years. Michael Button said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button, aired Aug 26, 2026, at 1:36:42. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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