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jc611 · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

The Clovis traditiona sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spearflourished

A. in the Central Plains, on their western margins, and in what is now the eastern United States, between 13,250 and 12,800 B.P.
B. widely all across the Americas, with archaeological evidence of its reach as far south as Tierra del Fuego.
C. as the dominant and exclusive cultural tradition of the Americas between 18,000 and 12,000 B.P.
D. around 18,000 B.P. in northeastern Asia, making possible the successful crossing of the Bering Sea into North America.
E. in Sahul, the land mass connecting Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, around 50,000 B.P.

Question 2

The Clovis tradition, a sophisticated stone technology based on a sharp point that was fastened to the end of a hunting spear, flourished (widely but briefly) in the central plains and in what is now the eastern United States. Until recently, the Clovis people were considered the first settlers of the Americas. Recent research now suggests, however, that

A. the Americas were settled by one haplogroupa lineage marked by one or more specific genetic mutations.
B. the wheel, which has never been found in Clovis sites, was a critical part of an even earlier arrival to the Americas.
C. the members of the Clovis tradition depended on the domestication of horses to make travel possible.
D. various groups of colonists entered the Americas, but they all used the same route.
E. most likely the Americas were settled by several colonists who came at different times, perhaps by different routes, and had different physiques and genetic markers, which continue to be discovered and debated.