paleo american
/ˌpeɪlioʊəˈmɛrɪkən/
adjective
- Relating to the earliest human inhabitants of the Americas.
- The museum has a special exhibit on Paleo-American stone tools.
- She wrote her thesis on Paleo-American migration routes along the coast.
- Paleo-American sites are rare because the people moved frequently and left few traces.
noun
- A member of the earliest known human populations in the Americas, living before the development of distinct Native American cultures.
- Some scientists believe Paleo-Americans arrived in North America over 15,000 years ago.
- The Paleo-Americans were hunter-gatherers who followed large animals like mammoths.
- Archaeologists study the tools and remains of Paleo-Americans to understand how people first migrated to the continent.
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