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The earliest human occupation goes back to 14,200-12,980 years ago. This indicates a pre-Clovis settlement of South America; the site is used as evidence for people arriving to South America earlier than previously believed.<ref>Juan Bosco Amores, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6dNzKGOzbmUC&pg=PA11 «Tabla sintética de sitios arqueológicos, norte a sur»], in ''Historia de América'' (animals hunted at the site)</ref>

Cruxent discovered a ''[[mastodonNotiomastodon]]'' pelvic bone that was pierced by a stone spearpoint. Geological and radiocarbon dating of the find both indicate the date of 13,000 BP (11,000 BC).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991103105145/http://www.coroweb.com/arqueologia.htm Acerca de los hallazgos en el area de Taima-Taima y Urumaco] (list of prehistoric animals at Taima-Taima).</ref><ref>[http://taimataimalugararqueologico.blogia.com/2010/061604-primer-sitio-de-caceria-de-mastodontes.php Primer sitio de cacería de mastodontes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133715/http://taimataimalugararqueologico.blogia.com/2010/061604-primer-sitio-de-caceria-de-mastodontes.php |date=2016-03-04 }} (dating of finds)</ref>

[[File:Macrauchenia (reconstruction).jpg|thumb|''[[Macrauchenia]]'', a close relative of ''Xenorhinotherium'']]