Chiribiquete Defies Idea that South America Was the Last Thing to Be Populated

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For decades, the dominant version of the population of the American continent maintained that the first humans arrived from Asia, crossing the Bering Strait some 13 thousand years ago. And what happened from North America down. However, recent research suggests that migration may have occurred earlier by alternate routes. One of the key scenarios for this reassessment is the Serranía National Park of Chiribiquete, the largest protected land area…