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Native Americans

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Ancient travois use by some of the earliest Americans

At White Sands National Park 22,000 years ago, impressive footprint evidence is now joined by a technology for transit.

A shallow excavation surface showing footprints and linear marks with a stark desert background
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Artifacts of a pre-Clovis tradition from the Gault site, Texas

A 2018 paper by Thomas Williams and coworkers documents a Native American group that existed as early as 16,000 years ago.

Tent covering Area 15 excavation of Gault site, Texas
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Did humans approach the southern tip of South America more than 18,000 years ago?

An article by Tom Dillehay and coworkers describes the archaeology of Monte Verde I, preserving artifacts together with burned features.

Basalt artifact from Monte Verde, Chile