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The Skeptics Guide #847 - Oct 2 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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How and When People Came to the Americas?

We know that people came across asia into america. When did that happen? So we've spoken on the show previously about clovis culture, right? Yes. Clovis points are found that are pretty inctive. They they were mostly optimized for big game hunting. But now we're trying to understand how and when people came to theAmericas. We want to understand them in context of the glacial periods, glacial maxima versus glacial minima. And when would they have been able to come and by what method? The main hypothesis is that humans came to the americas from asia through the bering straitt through that route. There is a minority

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