For decades, the story we’ve been told about the first Americans has been far too simple. The picture painted in dusty textbooks barely scratches the surface of what actually happened when humans first set foot on these continents. Recent archaeological findings and genetic breakthroughs have completely upended our understanding of who the first Americans really were, when they arrived, and how sophisticated their societies actually became. These aren’t just small corrections to the historical record. We’re talking about discoveries that push back the timeline of human presence in the Americas by thousands of years and reveal civilizations far more advanced than anyone imagined.
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