I am researching evolution. I have found that most were discovered in Africa and Europe. Do you know of any that have been found in the US?
2006-12-01 06:07:54 · 7 answers · asked by eddysmomma 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes.
If you read the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by jared Diamond, you will learn that, from the initial genelsis of "man" in Africa, the species spread out over the world, and had pretty much settled all the land masses by roughly 13,000 years ago. This is known by evidence from archaeolgical digs known as "clovis sites". At that point, pretty much every cluster of hominids was at the same state of development -- hunter/gatherers. All the clovis sites show similar levels of development and use of tools.
See the referenced site for a good precis of the book.
2006-12-01 06:39:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking hominid ancestors of modern humans, then No, because modern humans evolved in Africa. However, humans did reach north america in pre-historic times, I think around 10,000 years ago.
2006-12-01 14:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Old Americans predate the Amerinds. Check out Fehrenbach's history of Texas, "Lone Star".
2006-12-01 14:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It appears that the first hominids who reached North America were already Homo sapiens sapiens, our species. This was about 13,000 years ago. These are the Clovis hunters.
2006-12-01 15:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. but they are only paleolithic predecessor to the native American.
2006-12-01 14:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not yet. I have a neigbor that looks like one though.
Coach
2006-12-01 14:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope...None..
2006-12-01 14:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋