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The Relevance of Old World Archeology to the first Entry of Man into the New World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard G. Klein
Richard G. Klein*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th St., Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA
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Abstract

Archeological evidence from the USSR suggests that cultural adaptations to the most rigorous (most continental) environments of northern Eurasia were not achieved until 35–40,000 BP. This presumably sets an absolute basement date for the entry of man into Alaska through the region of Beringia. The absence of evidence for pre-14,000 yr old man in the 48 adjacent United States comparable in any sense to the evidence that has been developed for man prior to 14,000 y.a. in the Old World suggests that movement south out of Alaska only occurred after 14,000 BP.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 391 - 394
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University of Washington

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