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Mar 2023
13m 18s

Migration to the Americas

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
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Perhaps the most important research in anthropology is how modern humans left their birthplace in Africa and migrated to the rest of the world. One big subset of that story is how humans managed to get to the Americas.  It is a tale that has resulted in theories being updated several times based on new evidence.  Learn more about human migration to the Ameri ... Show More
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