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A 3 page consideration of the numerous questions that exist regarding the arrival of the America's first peoples. Fagan considers how, when, and why Native American first came here. No additional sources are listed.
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The questions of how long Native Americans have lived in the Americas, what characterized their earliest cultures, and how they got here, are
surrounded by significant debate. Author Brian Fagan (2003) summarizes some of that debate in Chapter 5 of "People of the Earth". Fagan (2003) provides invaluable insight into the
archaeological findings that shed light on these earliest American cultures. Most agree that the so-called Bering land bridge, a temporary land bridge which
extended across the inhospitable Bering Strait, served as the path that brought the First Americans here from Siberia. There is less agreement, however, about the time this passage occurred.
Although there are theories that Native Americans came here via multiple migrations from multiple locations or even appeared as a result of independent origination in the Americas themselves, the
majority of scholars believe that the first crossing into the Americans occurred during the late Ice Age only 20,000 or so years ago. Others, however, think that this crossing
occurred much earlier, maybe even before 40,000 B.C. Fagan (2003) speculates that like most cultures the Native Americans undoubtedly traveled extensively in prehistoric
times. Their reasons for this travel and their consequent arrival in the Americas most assuredly revolved around a desire to locate more hospitable regions in which to settle and
more stable food sources. It is quite likely that they arrived in the Americas on the trail of large herd animals which they were following for food. Precisely
where their first settlement was, however, is another topic of significant debate. While genetic and linguistic data is more and more commonly being utilized to speculate on this question,
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