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What are the theories on how aboriginal people got to the Americas?
I'm looking for theories other then the "Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory".
Also I would prefer answers that cite a source that is not wikipedia.
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Early Asian boats may have navigated across the north Pacific and along the American west coast as far down as Mexico or more.
- 1 decade ago
I just saw a Discovery channel program on this. They did a genetic trace on Native Americans and found that most were linked to a tribe in Mongolia. Also there wasn't a lot of variation, so now they think that there weren't "waves" of immigrants, but rather a few tribes that expanded, varied, and warred with each other for dominance. (This is a very, very simplified synopsis, I know.)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The only plausible path is over the Bering land bridge. Unfortunately, I have no specific references.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well they're finding pre clovis sites back east that seem to have the same style of points that are found in France, so i suppose there may have been a land bridge from europe as well, but the archaeologists where I live dont like to talk much about "Pre-Clovis"