The Best Evidence For The First Americans

Get an exclusive Surfshark deal! Enter promo code STEFANMILO for an extra 3 months free at We still don’t know when humans arrived in North America but I think this is our best bet so far. It’s Pre-Clovis, lines up with genetics and has a connection to Asia. Sources: Davis, Loren G., et al. “Late Upper Paleolithic Occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 Years Ago.” Science, vol. 365, no. 6456, 2019, pp. 891–897, Williams, Thomas J., et al. “Evidence of an Early Projectile Point Technology in North America at the Gault Site, Texas, USA.” Science Advances, vol. 4, no. 7, 2018, Jenkins, Dennis L., et al. “Clovis Age Western Stemmed Projectile Points and Human Coprolites at the Paisley Caves.” Science, vol. 337, no. 6091, 2012, pp. 223–228, Raff, Jennifer. “6.” Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, Twelve, Hatchett Book Group, New York, 2023. Pratt, Jordan, et al. “A Circum-Pacific Perspective on the Origin of Stemmed Points in North America.” PaleoAmerica, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 64–108, Disclaimer: Use my videos as a rough guide to a topic. I am not an expert, I may get things wrong. This is why I always post my sources so you can critique my work and verify things for yourselves. Of course I aim to be as accurate as possible which is why you will only find reputable sources in my videos. Secondly, information is always subject to changes as new information is uncovered by archaeologists. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -