Coming to America: New Studies Continue to Complicate the Story
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Here’s an interesting summary in the Smithsonian covering a couple of recent articles concerning the first people who settled the Americas. Well-worth the read.
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Story of Human Migration Between Siberia and North America
smithsonian.com
June 5, 2019
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that humans migrated to the North American continent via Beringia, a land mass that once bridged the sea between what is now Siberia and Alaska. But exactly who crossed, or re-crossed, and who survived as ancestors of today’s Native Americans has been a matter of long debate.
