New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought.
New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought.
Except no. We lived with them for over 10,000 years without them going extinct. When before we thought they went extinct right after we arrived, thus concluded we hunted them to extinction.
But if we lived with them for thousands and thousands of years, that is very unlikely.
The original people of the Americas were not ancestors of the Native Americans Alice today so they either died off or left long before 13kya
Who was Alice?
Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?
They were at least partially the ancestors of modern native people.
And you know this how?
DNA evidence sorta points that direction, but it’s complicated. There were likely waves of migration to North America from different groups. Most of the DNA in native people can be traced back about 13k years. The link in OP points to artifacts from 27k years ago.
However, there is some evidence of mixing with a different group.
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-confirms-native-americans-deep-roots-north-and-south-america
This is an area of active research where a lot of old models are being thrown out over the past few decades. The idea of a single migration from Siberia, the one most of us were taught at school, is definitely wrong. Timing of the glacier movement is too convenient, and the migration would have to have happened far too quickly. What to replace it with is still up in the air.
Thank you for providing reasonable citations and adding to the discussion, you are appreciated