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Published online 22 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070219-10
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Who were the first Americans?
Dating study suggests it wasn't the makers of the Clovis culture.
For decades many archaeologists have believed that the first Americans belonged to what is called the Clovis culture — hunter-gatherers who lived in parts of North America roughly 13,000 calendar years ago.
A new study counters this notion by showing that the Clovis culture is nearly 500 years younger than previously thought, and may have lasted for as little as 200 years.
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