Were humans in Oregon 18,000 years ago? Were humans in Brazil 27,000 years ago? Watch the video below to find out!
The ongoing debate about when humans first arrived in America has been reignited by two recent discoveries, one in Oregon and one in Brazil. The video, sponsored by Factor, a fresh food company, discusses the importance of the Out of Africa theory in Paleolithic archeology and how it relates to the debate about when humans first arrived in America.
The video explains that the debate is heavily debated because America was only connected to Asia via a landmass that is now underwater, and the entirety of Canada was covered in ice sheets, blocking the way inland. The Clovis culture, known for its distinctive fluted, curved points, is the first widespread archaeological culture in America, and its points are found widely across North America.
The debate about when humans arrived in America is similar to the debate about when modern humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe and who was living in western and southern Asia. Australia is also heavily debated because it has not been attached to Asia for millions of years, and the arrival of modern humans in Papua New Guinea and Australia had to have involved a sea-going voyage and was probably the first time in human history that that had happened.
