how did the first people come to america?

Answer 1

first people- over a land mass between Alaska and russia called Beringia. that land is now covered by ice and water.
first europeans- by ship(they sailed across the atlantic)

Answer 2

Popularily, most people beleive that it was across the Bering Strait during an ice age. However, if the ice caps were indeed so large that they locked up enough water to form a land bridge - can you honestly tell me that primitive man walked across thousands of miles of barren glacier without food, wood, or animals?

If man truly came across the Bering Strait, then there would be some common DNA shared between North American natives and natives from Siberia. Sadly, this is not the case. Native populations in North America do not share any common 'markers' with Siberians. However, there have been DNA 'markers' that match populations of South American natives with Polynesians. Indeed, in South America there have been burials dated as old as 25000 years ago.

While none of this 'proves' that man came to the Americas from the South Pacific, it is no less a reasonable theory than the one that man came through Siberia.

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Answer 3

Native Americans crossed the Bering Strait from Asia 10,000 years ago. Columbus sailed a boat accross the Atlantic from Europe

Answer 4

During a cold period, Chinese from central China crossed the Bering Straits in successive migrations and headed south. Each migration pushed the former one further south. The Vikings from Scandinavia were the first European settlers when they came to Newfoundland.

Answer 5

Grog of the Cave Bear Clan was the first to reach American in 35,563 BC by crossing the Bering Strait Ice Bridge in pursuit of wholly mammoths.

Answer 6

By walking across the Bering Strait, which at that time was a solid landmass. They came over from what we now consider to be Russia, and gradually worked their way down the continent.

Answer 7

The Indians were already here by way of S. America and/or Canada.