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Originally Posted by renormalised
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As a matter of fact, the first people to colonise North America weren't Indians. People had sailed across to the east coast by at least 15000BC. Their culture (proto Clovis point peoples) were very similar to the people of Western Europe of the time.
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Sailing people of Western Europe !! Dubious at best ...
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Paleo-Indians are agreed to have originated from Central Asia, crossing the Beringia land bridge between eastern Siberia and present-day Alaska. Dates for Paleo-Indian migration out of Beringia are a matter of current debate. Estimates range from 40,000 to around 16,500 years ago
http://online.sfsu.edu/rapidviz/523_...ugene_wong.pdf