History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Beringia, Cahokia, Land Bridge
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Everything we learn today could be wrong because its all speculated and it all changes with the more we learn. We could start with the first sign of human life which would be africa but then again, north america does not preserve artifacts as well so it could be wrong. How is that people would reach the americas: theories like people crossing the barring straight. Headed to find warmth but ended up finding americas. From siberia to na (alaska: the oldest digs and sediments are in south america (peru, brazil, People would say no way too advanced. Cahokia, 2000-1500 year ago: this pushed back things by 3 and a half thousands years by finding a salmon spear. History says that when people travelled through they didn"t see anyone But that"s only according to european people: european diseases got ahead of them and killed the people ahead of them