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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.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on February 22, 2007
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