Dan Flores

While Paleolithic hunters in Europe and America did pursue similar megafauna, and flint points crafted by Western Europe's Solitraean culture superficially resembled Clovis points, other researchers dismissed Stanford's claims that the two groups were the same people. linguistic and genetic conclusions have since refuted Stanford's argument.

While Paleolithic hunters in Europe and America did pursue similar megafauna, and flint points crafted by Western Europe's Solitraean culture superficially resembled Clovis points, other researchers dismissed Stanford's claims that the two groups were the same people. linguistic and genetic conclusions have since refuted Stanford's argument.

Once scientists were able to analyze genomic evidence from archaeological sites, they quickly confirmed a trail of genetic kinship stretching from Siberia, rather than Europe, into the Americas.

Once scientists were able to analyze genomic evidence from archaeological sites, they quickly confirmed a trail of genetic kinship stretching from Siberia, rather than Europe, into the Americas.

Once scientists were able to analyze genomic evidence from archaeological sites, they quickly confirmed a trail of genetic kinship stretching from Siberia, rather than Europe, into the Americas.

We now suspect that the people who ultimately swept into America first spent several thousand years on the Bering land bridge itself, the so-called Beringian standstill, apparently awaiting more favorable conditions to move southward. That long pause in Beringia may have produced humanity's first domestication of another animal.

We now suspect that the people who ultimately swept into America first spent several thousand years on the Bering land bridge itself, the so-called Beringian standstill, apparently awaiting more favorable conditions to move southward. That long pause in Beringia may have produced humanity's first domestication of another animal.

We now suspect that the people who ultimately swept into America first spent several thousand years on the Bering land bridge itself, the so-called Beringian standstill, apparently awaiting more favorable conditions to move southward. That long pause in Beringia may have produced humanity's first domestication of another animal.

Engaged in their own return to America, 25,000 years ago, gray wolves were abundant in Beringia. Since human hunters only ate the fattest parts of the animals they killed, they had leftover lean portions they were willing to share. Some of the wolves had a mutation that made them hyper-social, and puppies with that gene may have been able to bond with humans.

Engaged in their own return to America, 25,000 years ago, gray wolves were abundant in Beringia. Since human hunters only ate the fattest parts of the animals they killed, they had leftover lean portions they were willing to share. Some of the wolves had a mutation that made them hyper-social, and puppies with that gene may have been able to bond with humans.

Engaged in their own return to America, 25,000 years ago, gray wolves were abundant in Beringia. Since human hunters only ate the fattest parts of the animals they killed, they had leftover lean portions they were willing to share. Some of the wolves had a mutation that made them hyper-social, and puppies with that gene may have been able to bond with humans.

There probably also were wolf puppies known today as gifted word-learning animals, capable of picking up human language. By the time the two species got to America, humans and their tamed wolves had formed a partnership for the rest of history. Or so goes one theory about dog domestication. Clovis genetics are best represented by a male toddler from a 12,800-year-old burial in Montana.

There probably also were wolf puppies known today as gifted word-learning animals, capable of picking up human language. By the time the two species got to America, humans and their tamed wolves had formed a partnership for the rest of history. Or so goes one theory about dog domestication. Clovis genetics are best represented by a male toddler from a 12,800-year-old burial in Montana.

There probably also were wolf puppies known today as gifted word-learning animals, capable of picking up human language. By the time the two species got to America, humans and their tamed wolves had formed a partnership for the rest of history. Or so goes one theory about dog domestication. Clovis genetics are best represented by a male toddler from a 12,800-year-old burial in Montana.

He's known as the Anzick child, and he's from a site not far from today's Bozeman. The Clovis child was buried with a large cache of artifacts that included eight Clovis points painted in red ochre. after he played an epic role in reconstructing a history of two continents.

He's known as the Anzick child, and he's from a site not far from today's Bozeman. The Clovis child was buried with a large cache of artifacts that included eight Clovis points painted in red ochre. after he played an epic role in reconstructing a history of two continents.

He's known as the Anzick child, and he's from a site not far from today's Bozeman. The Clovis child was buried with a large cache of artifacts that included eight Clovis points painted in red ochre. after he played an epic role in reconstructing a history of two continents.

In 2014, the Anzick boy was reburied by local tribes in Montana's Shields River, near where he had lain for nearly 13,000 years. While we have no surviving mammoth or mastodon populations to study, we do know a good deal about Asian elephant natural history.

In 2014, the Anzick boy was reburied by local tribes in Montana's Shields River, near where he had lain for nearly 13,000 years. While we have no surviving mammoth or mastodon populations to study, we do know a good deal about Asian elephant natural history.

In 2014, the Anzick boy was reburied by local tribes in Montana's Shields River, near where he had lain for nearly 13,000 years. While we have no surviving mammoth or mastodon populations to study, we do know a good deal about Asian elephant natural history.