Early People Theory

There are many theories concerning the coming of the early people and how they arrived. After much research and archaeological dig sites four theories were created. The theories are the Beringia, Maritime, Solutrean, and the South Pacific/Atlantic. Each theory has created lots of controversy in our world. Here is what the evidence supports. The Beringia theory states that the first people came across the Bering landbridge. The glacier then retreated leaving a path towards modern day America. The reason for coming in this direction was to follow their source of food. These were animals like Mastodons. As the glacier retreated the climate became milder leading to more vegetation. The milder climate also led to more animal migration providing …show more content…
This path was along the glacier by the Bering Landbridge. Most historians believe technological developments in travel like boats is how the first people arrived. After passing the western coast of modern day America the first people would have sailed down to Monte Verde. The evidence of Monte Verde is from a webstie of the Smithsonian Institution http://www.si/edu/encyclopedia)si/nmnh.origin.htm
The South Pacific/Atlantic theory states the first humans started in Japan and Australia and came through the Pacific Ocean to get to South America. This of course would be sea travel making the first people use boats. Boats were found in Japan and Australia backing this theory up. The boat evidence was found by Walter Neves and Mark Hubb. Although new evidence suggests the next theory is correct.
To start off, facts state that the first people originated in Africa. By the way of travel the Solutrean theory states in order to get to the americas, the first people had to travel to modern day Europe. From there they would have sailed on boats along the glacier towards the east coast of modern day America. There the first people would have spread out in the americas and in South America. This evidence is from an entry in a textbook called Transparency, American History: Beginnings to 1865. Holt …show more content…
The pre-clovis artifacts are the oldest in Virginia. The site that found this evidence is known as Cactus Hill. The evidence found here of the pre-clovis people was dated to 18,000 years ago. This meant that the first humans most likely started out from Europe some time from 20,000-30,000 years ago. The picture shows that North America and South America were connected in the southern part of the continent. After settling in Cactus Hill the first people would have came down south towards Chile. Another site named Monte Verde dated 12,500 years ago has evidence of pre-clovis people. This shows that it would have taken 5,500 years to travel from North to South America. Because Cactus Hill is the earliest site, this evidence eliminates the South Pacific/Atlantic theory because the first people wouldn’t have come to South America, went up north, and then came back down south. The second piece of evidence starts off with talking about sea routes. Statistics show sea routes would have made more sense than land routes because sea routes would have been faster and would provide more resources. Taking the sea route would also have made sense because after stopping in modern day america, they could have sailed down to modern day South America. The idea of sea routes would also support the idea of how quickly (5,500 years) it took the first people to get to South America. Other evidence supports the