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Infographic: South America’s Early Prehistory
Genetics and archaeology yield clues as to when humans first arrived on the continent and how these early settlers lived.
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Early human dispersals within the Americas
Studies of the peopling of the Americas have focused on the timing and number of initial migrations. Less attention has been paid to the subsequent spread of people withi …
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