New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory tools found at an archaeological site in Alaska suggests that these early ...

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When we picture the first humans on Mars, we imagine astronauts planting flags and taking their first steps. But the reality might look very different. Long before people ever arrive, intelligent ...

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Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...