An update with additional information regarding a post from October 2021, (Human hair 40,000 years old in Argentina (Cacao 1.A cave). I found a reference to a publication in a Conference that took place in 2023.
The paper was named Investigaciones en cueva Cacao 1.a (Antofagasta de la Sierra Catamarca): interdisciplinariedad y nuevas líneas de evidencias and was presented at a conference (I Jornadas de Arqueología de Antofagasta de la Sierra) on March 21, 2023. The event was organized by the Universidad Nacional de Catamarca amd was published in the Libro de resúmenes de las I Jornadas de Arqueología de Antofagasta de la Sierra (book) by that university (ISBN: 978-950-746-280-1).Source - Conicet
The paper's abstract reads:
The Antofagasta de la Sierra micro-region is characterized by a diversity of archaeological sites that have occupations that date back to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. The site Cueva Cacao 1.A (CC1.A) is set at the confluence of the Curuto and Cacao canyons. It is a stone shelter that has occupations from different periods. Inside of it we found a stratum composed mainly of vegetation remains and fine compact sedimentary material, originated by the disaggregation and trampling of the feces of extinct fauna (Layer 5). Stratigraphic excavations in this layer allowed the recovery of formatized artifacts and debris from the working of different stone varieties (vulcanites and obsidians), bone remains of extinct megafauna, and fibers of various species. Carbon-14 dating of this stratum gave a range of approximately 42,000–37,000 years BP.
The date of 42 to 37 thousand years before present is really ancient, among the oldest in the Americas, but this paper hasn't been mentioned in the media, it lies in an obscure publication, ignored.
See the following Map showing the location of the site
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