The best estimates are that humans populated the Americas about:

a. 25,000 years ago.
b. 40,000 years ago.
c. 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
d. 15,000 to 18,000 years ago.
e. 5,000 to 6,000 years ago.


ANSWER: d

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