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When did the first Americans arrive in North America?

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With limited evidence, scientists have long proposed a hypothesis that linked the migration route and the timing of the migration these ancient people to the end of the last ice age.
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The first Americans are believed to have arrived by the end of the Ice age in North America.

The first settlements in North America are believed to have started when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers first entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe.

After certain studies, it was confirmed that the first people who arrived in the North America continent came from the Asiatic continent. However, some other questions remain unclear including the pattern of migration, and its timing.

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