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- Title
THE CURRENT DEBATE ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE PALEOINDIANS OF AMERICA.
- Authors
Klein, Herbert S.; Schiffner, Daniel C.
- Abstract
The article provides the reader with a brief guide about the origins of the Paleoindians of the U.S. Based on geological evidence and the discovery of human remains, many assumed that Homosapiens arrived in the U.S. from Asia. In the last two decades, geneticists and physical anthropologists have intensified the debate over the peopling of the U.S. and challenged the original three-migration model. These investigators have used genetic material taken both from archaeological samples of human remains, and from extant populations of Native Americans. To date, a majority of the studies have used mitochondrial DNA an abundant, rapidly evolving source of genetic material.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FOSSIL hominids; ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains; PALEOARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL geology; GEOLOGICAL surveys
- Publication
Journal of Social History, 2003, Vol 37, Issue 2, p483
- ISSN
0022-4529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jsh.2003.0184