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A Complicated Tale: The Ancient Indigenous People's Migration to South America

Not more than 25,000 years ago were North and South America populated. The fundamental idea of a north-to-south migration is turned on its head by new study and Neanderthal and Denisovan fossil data.

Dec 07, 2022
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Aside from the poles, we are aware that the Americas were the last two continents that were peopled. We also know that neither North nor South America were inhabited for a very long time, just about 25,000 years, according to archeological evidence (maybe 37,000 years ago?). During the latter stage of the Pleistocene epoch, a time period known as the L…

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