Scientists have debated a week ago about who were the very first Eskimos to migrate to the Artic-Americas. Theyve given contain unprecedented hypothesis genetic analysis, that the region was peopled in distinct waves of migration, the first to arrive keeping to themselves, for thousands of years until they mysteriously vanished about 700 years ago, were it was verified in the scientific source, Science. Based on tombs and other artifacts, archaeologists believe the first inhabitants of the North American Artic, Alaska, Canada and Greenland arrived 6,000 years ago after crossing the Bering Strait from current day Serbia. The Paleo-Eskimos showed up first, with the Neo-Eskimos appearing nearly 4,000 years later. The Paleo-Eskimos exhibited a variety of distinct cultures. The Saqqaqs lived in tent camps and chased caribou and seals. Succeeding them were walrus hunters called Dorsets and lastly came the Thules, whole hunters who sailed in large skin boats. A large international team that was led by Eske Willerslev from the University of Copenhagen collected preserved bones, teeth and hair samples of 169 ancient humans form Artic-Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and then analyzed their own mitochondrial DNA!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:49:49 +0000