Recent archaeological evidence suggests that people may have been on the North American continent 14,700 years ago.
Sources
- New Study Refutes Theory of How Humans Populated North America | HISTORY (history.com)
- https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-22-new-studies-show-early-evidence-humans-americas (ox.ac.uk)
- https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2020/07/humans-may-have-reached-the-americas-15-000-years-earlier-than-p (unsw.edu.au)
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