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Who were the first Americans?

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From
The Scout Report
10 April 2009
Volume 15, Number 14

 

NOVA: Last Extinction [Flash Player]

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/clovis/>

What, some ask, was the "last extinction?" It's a fair query indeed, and it happens to be understood as the period approximately 13,000 years ago when large animals were killed off across the North American continent. The exact cause of this extinction remains unknown, but this engaging program offered as part of the long-running NOVA series on public television offers up one particularly interesting theory. On this site, visitors can watch a preview of the program, and then make their way through six interactive sections, including "The Extinction Debate" and "Stone Age Toolkit". In "The Extinction Debate" visitors will be introduced to the wide range of scientific theories that have been actively debated and discussed in regards to this extinction. Moving on, the "Stone Age Toolkit" allows users to play a lively matching game where they can learn about the role that ten different primitive artifacts played in the lives of humans thousands of years ago. The site is rounded out by a teacher's guide and a set of additional links and readings. [KMG]


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In the News . . .

  • Earliest Americans took two paths - Nature News (2009-01-08)
  •      1 - Dual origin for the first Americans - Current Biology (2009-01-08)
         2 - Why Did Humans Migrate to the Americas? - LiveScience (2009-01-23)

    Anthroplogy in the News


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M

    Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave? National Geographic News (9/3/08)

    How Did People Reach the Americas? US News (7/24/08)


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M
    (2 June 2008)

    Prehistoric Hair Suggests 1st Eskimos Came From Asia National Geographic News (5/29/08)


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M
    (12 May 2008)

    Earliest Known American Settlers Harvested Seaweed National Geographic News (5/8/08)


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M
    (3/28/08)


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M
    (3/20/08)


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    From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M
    (30 November 2007)

    Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait EurekAlert (11/26/07)

     

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    Kennewick Man on cover of Time, 13 March 2006.

    13 March 2006

    The Untold Saga of Early Man in America Time Magazine (3/7/06)

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    Then there was the breaking news about the controversial and hotly-debated "Kennewick Man".

    Reconstruction of Kennewick Man.
    reconstruction
    by Jim Chatters and Thomas McClelland

    "Who was the Kennewick Man?"

    Anthropology in the News lists it as the major story of the month:

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    MSNBC ...

    Did First Americans Come from Europe?: Archaeologist suggests prehistoric hunters from Spain sailed west (MSNBC 2/19/06) <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11451616/>

     

    Scientist traces ancient "kelp highway": Ancient seafarers may have grazed their way from Asia to Americas (MSNBC (2/19/06) <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11451754/>

    BBC News - Footprints of ' first Americans ' They say the first Americans may have arrived by sea, rather than by foot.
    5 Jul 2005

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