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Muddy messages about American migration

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When and by which paths did early humans migrate into America? An analysis of ancient plant and animal remains revises the timeframe during which a route may have opened between ice sheets in northwest America. See Article p.45

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Figure 1: Human migration into the Americas.

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McGowan, S. Muddy messages about American migration. Nature 537, 43–44 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19421

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