The first colonists of the New World

A. probably crossed the Pacific in reed boats.
B. were Homo neanderthalensis.
C. are difficult to recognize archaeologically because they probably had only bone and wood tools.
D. probably followed big game across Beringia from Siberia.
E. were escaping from the Neolithic revolution in the Old World.


D

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