Early Paleo-Indian


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Early Paleo-Indian Paleolithic hunter-gatherers arrived in North America from Asia at least 14,000 years ago, entering via the Beringia land bridge that once joined the two continents, and eventually made their way to South America. The very first inhabitants hunted Pleistocene megafauna like wooly mammoths, giant bison and glyptodons (pictured) and foraged fruits, seeds, and nuts. They are thought to have lived in two types of dwellings...

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