Genome Analysis Pinpoints Arrival and Spread of First Americans
![The first Americans arrived in Alaska from Siberia less than 23,000 years ago over a land bridge, called Beringia, during the last Ice Age when mammoths roamed widely. (Artwork by Sussi Bech) Genome Analysis Pinpoints Arrival and Spread of First Americans](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image21-07-2015-16.20.39.jpg)
The original Americans came from Siberia in a single wave no more than 23,000 years ago, at the height of the last Ice Age, and apparently hung out in the north – perhaps for thousands of years – before spreading in two distinct populations throughout North and South America, according to a new genomic analysis. […]