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Oldest burial in Patagonia reveals early human settlement along South America's Atlantic coast

The peopling of South America has long been debated, with various routes proposed for how they spread across the subcontinent. However, routes along the Atlantic coast were typically much younger than their Pacific counterparts, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of when and how early hu...

Oldest burial in Patagonia reveals early human settlement along South America's Atlantic coast
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The peopling of South America has long been debated, with various routes proposed for how they spread across the subcontinent. However, routes along the Atlantic coast were typically much younger than their Pacific counterparts, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of when and how early hunter-gatherers traveled along the South American Atlantic coast.

Originally published at Phys.org

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