The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests

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What happened

The first people in the Americas arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, but 'there are huge gaps in our genetic dataset,' a new study reports.

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  • The first people in the Americas arrived no earlier than 21,000 years ago, but 'there are huge gaps in our genetic dataset,' a new study reports.
  • Reported by Live Science and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 UTC.

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