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The Earliest North Americans How Did They Get Here?

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The Earliest North Americans. How Did They Get Here?. “Out of Africa” Theory. Beringia Land Bridge Theory. Polynesian Sea Theory. Solutrean Theory-Spain. Approx 14,000 ya. CLOVIS POINTS-NEW MEXICO. 13000 years ago. Cactus Hill Points-pre Clovis. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Earliest North Americans

How Did They Get Here?

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“Out of Africa” Theory

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Beringia Land Bridge Theory

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Polynesian Sea Theory

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Solutrean Theory-Spain

Approx 14,000 ya

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CLOVIS POINTS-NEW MEXICO

13000 years ago.

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Cactus Hill Points-pre Clovis

Great similarity with Solutrean points. Older than Clovis points (15,900 years or 16,000 years ago, which is right in the middle between Clovis and Solutrean)

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Solutrean Points

18,000 years ago

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More proof-Mitochondrial DNA

• Most DNA tested Native people in Canada were found to be linked to Asia.

• However, the Ojibwe were found to have DNA that was more linked to Europe.

• Were these the descendants of the Solutreans? Was there really an early wave of immigration that came from Spain?