JS served as editor for the 15 September 1842 issue, the twenty-second issue in the third volume, of the Times and Seasons, a newspaper published in , Illinois. He was assisted in his editorial responsibilities by and . Together, these three men produced the semimonthly newspaper, including composing its editorial material. While the extent to which JS was involved in the creation and publication of this issue is unclear, as the newspaper’s editor he was responsible for its content.| www.josephsmithpapers.org
They may not be who we thought they were.| IFLScience
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One of the most significant scholars of the Book of Mormon in the history of Mormonism has recently published a massive book summarizing his lifetime of thinking and research on the subject titled “Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book."| Deseret News
The first Latter-day Saint to publish a Great Lakes model appears to be Delbert Curtis, who in 1988 published the booklet The Land of the Nephites. In 1993, he expanded his argument in his book "Christ in North America."| Deseret News
Most of the story of the Book of Mormon takes place in the Americas. The exact location is unknown.| www.churchofjesuschrist.org
DNA studies cannot be used decisively to either affirm or reject the historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon.| www.churchofjesuschrist.org
It has been more than half a century since the last big shift in thinking about Book of Mormon g| The Salt Lake Tribune
In 2021, scientists radiocarbon-dated pollen found in human footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico and came back with dates of greater than 20,000 years. Critics demanded more evidence, and in 2023, using new data and more advanced methods seems to have confirmed the date. Though there are still skeptics, the White Sands discovery is not the only site that dates to the Last Glacial Maximum between 20-26,000 years ago.| Palladium Magazine
The Native Population of the Americas in 1492| uwpress.wisc.edu