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Indigenous Americans arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, study suggests
Original: First Indigenous Americans reached the Americas no earlier than 21,000 years ago, study suggests
A new study suggests the first Indigenous Americans reached the Americas no earlier than 21,000 years ago. The finding bears on a long-running debate over when humans first migrated to the continent and by which routes. Researchers and archaeologists are likely to scrutinise the dating methods and evidence as the claim is assessed by the wider scientific community.
Why now: New research revises the timeline of the peopling of the Americas, a long-debated topic in archaeology.
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- First Indigenous Americans reached the Americas no earlier than 21,000 years ago, study suggests · Archaeology News Online Magazine
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