the First Peopling of the Americas
Irina
History 11
9 Sept 2014 the First Peopling of the Americas
When it comes to how the First Peoples arrived in America, the answers can vary, as there’s no absolutely enough evidence for any of the theories. However, none of these routes can be definitely ruled out. So far, three possible routes have been identified for the first humans to enter the Americas from Northeast Asia: by a pedestrian terrestrial route across the Bering Land Bridge then south through central-western Canada, by watercraft along the Northwest Coast, or by a transatlantic crossing. There’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that the most reasonable route for the initial colonization of the Americas might have been along the Northwest Coast.
By evaluating the human remains, artifacts, and some other archaeological evidence, the scientists have believed that the First Peoples arrived during the last Ice Age, or Pleistocene era , via the Bering Land Bridge. Based on geological evidence, similar fossils discovered on both continents prove that large grazing animals such as bison, caribou, horses, mammoths, and musk oxen migrated across this vast terrain for much of the last Ice Age, historians have believed that the First Peoples were big game hunters due to the size and shape of stone projectile points that have been found out, so it is possible that the hunter families followed these animals migrated across the plains, either on foot or on boat. Therefore, I agree with the idea that humans may have first entered Americas via a land route. It is the most commonly acknowledged theory and most plausible one.
History 11
9 Sept 2014 the First Peopling of the Americas
When it comes to how the First Peoples arrived in America, the answers can vary, as there’s no absolutely enough evidence for any of the theories. However, none of these routes can be definitely ruled out. So far, three possible routes have been identified for the first humans to enter the Americas from Northeast Asia: by a pedestrian terrestrial route across the Bering Land Bridge then south through central-western Canada, by watercraft along the Northwest Coast, or by a transatlantic crossing. There’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that the most reasonable route for the initial colonization of the Americas might have been along the Northwest Coast.
By evaluating the human remains, artifacts, and some other archaeological evidence, the scientists have believed that the First Peoples arrived during the last Ice Age, or Pleistocene era , via the Bering Land Bridge. Based on geological evidence, similar fossils discovered on both continents prove that large grazing animals such as bison, caribou, horses, mammoths, and musk oxen migrated across this vast terrain for much of the last Ice Age, historians have believed that the First Peoples were big game hunters due to the size and shape of stone projectile points that have been found out, so it is possible that the hunter families followed these animals migrated across the plains, either on foot or on boat. Therefore, I agree with the idea that humans may have first entered Americas via a land route. It is the most commonly acknowledged theory and most plausible one.