The Ancestors of Today’s Indigenous People Arrived In The Americas During The Coldest Part Of The Last Ice Age
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The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests
The first people in the Americas arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, but 'there are huge gaps in our genetic dataset,' a new study reports.
A new analysis of genetic evidence is rekindling one of the greatest discussions of archaeology: when did the first humans arrive in the Americas? The study published in September 2026 suggests that the ancestors of the current indigenous peoples did not arrive on the continent before approximately 21,000 years ago, near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. The...
A study by the University of Kansas analyzes the relationship between the genetics of the first inhabitants of the Americas and the archaeological records, revealing a discrepancy of over 100,000 years on the proposed dates...
The Ancestors of Today’s Indigenous People Arrived In The Americas During The Coldest Part Of The Last Ice Age
(Image credit: Alamy) Archaeologists have been arguing for more than a century about whether people first entered the American continents before, during or after the coldest peak of the last ice age, called the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Now, a new study of the available genetic evidence suggests the group that gave rise to today’s […]
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