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Could Humans Have Made it to North America 130,000 Years Ago?

Exactly when and how the first people populated the final continental frontiers of North and Sout...

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13.00 21 Sep 2019


Could Humans Have Made it to North America 130,000 Years Ago?



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13.00 21 Sep 2019


Exactly when and how the first people populated the final continental frontiers of North and South America has been a subject of debate for more than a century.

While there is consensus that human beings were present in the Americas around 15,000 years ago - some experts now believe estimates of our arrival may be off.

Around 100,000 years off.

Dr. Jennifer Raff is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas.


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