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Out of Africa theory: humans evolved in Africa and migrate thought all the continents -
This theory suggests that the first humans to reach the Americas migrated from Asia along the Pacific coastline in boats or by walking nearshore routes, shortly after the Last Glacial Maximum. They followed kelp forests and marine resources, arriving in the Americas before the opening of the inland ice-free. corridor. Archaeological sites like Monte Verde in Chile support this early coastal entry. -
an innovative analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ideas about Europe that continue to inform thinking about culture, politics, and identity today -
genetic findings suggest that a single population of modern humans migrated from southern Siberia toward the land mass known as the Bering Land Bridge as early as 30,000 years ago, and crossed over to the Americas by 16,500 years ago.