Paleobiology of the first Americans
Abstract The majority of scholars studying the human colonization of the New World agree that the first Americans, traditionally identifed as Paleoindians, entered near the end of the Pleistocene via the Bering land bridge from northeast Asia. But this is where agreement ends. Questions about the nu...
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crwiley:10.1002/evan.1360020409 2024-06-02T08:04:18+00:00 Paleobiology of the first Americans Steele, D. Gentry Powell, Joseph F. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evan.1360020409 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fevan.1360020409 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/evan.1360020409 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews volume 2, issue 4, page 138-146 ISSN 1060-1538 1520-6505 journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.1360020409 2024-05-03T11:35:54Z Abstract The majority of scholars studying the human colonization of the New World agree that the first Americans, traditionally identifed as Paleoindians, entered near the end of the Pleistocene via the Bering land bridge from northeast Asia. But this is where agreement ends. Questions about the number and timing of migrations, the physical appearance of the colonists, and the manner in which they lived have been examined since the turn of the century 1–7 and still engender lively debate. 8–16 Curiously lacking from the growing body of data on the peopling of the Americas is evidence from the physical remains of the first Americans. We summarize research on the earliest human remains from North America and discuss how these remains shed new light on these unanswered questions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Land Bridge Wiley Online Library Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2 4 138 146 |
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Abstract The majority of scholars studying the human colonization of the New World agree that the first Americans, traditionally identifed as Paleoindians, entered near the end of the Pleistocene via the Bering land bridge from northeast Asia. But this is where agreement ends. Questions about the number and timing of migrations, the physical appearance of the colonists, and the manner in which they lived have been examined since the turn of the century 1–7 and still engender lively debate. 8–16 Curiously lacking from the growing body of data on the peopling of the Americas is evidence from the physical remains of the first Americans. We summarize research on the earliest human remains from North America and discuss how these remains shed new light on these unanswered questions. |
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