First Peoples Americas (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

First Peoples

Americas (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, History

As early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was colonizing the Americas because a huge ice sheet blocked the route. It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ...See moreAs early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was colonizing the Americas because a huge ice sheet blocked the route. It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. But an underwater discovery in Mexico suggests people arrived earlier--coming by boat, not on foot. How closely related were these early Americans to today's Native Americans? It's an emotive issue, involving one of the most controversial fossils in the world, Kennewick Man. See less

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Name	Known for
Kerry Shale Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Wrath of Man (2021)
Metin Eren Self - University of Missouri Self - University of Missouri See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jon Erlandson Self - University of Oregon Self - University of Oregon See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Jacquelyn Gill Self - University of Maine Self - University of Maine See fewer	Warm Regards (2016)
Arturo González Self - Institute of American Prehistory Self - Institute of American Prehistory See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
John Hawks Self - University of Wisconsin-Madison Self - University of Wisconsin-Madison See fewer	Expedition Unknown (2015)
Peter Lape Self - Burke Museum, Seattle Self - Burke Museum, Seattle See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Armand Minthorn Self - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Self - Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Doug Owsley Self - Smithsonian Institution Self - Smithsonian Institution See fewer	Die Odyssee des Menschen (2001)
Bob Stevens Self - San Carlos Apache Reservation Self - San Carlos Apache Reservation See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Alejandro Terrazas Self - National Autonomous University of Mexico Self - National Autonomous University of Mexico See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Nicole Waguespack Self - University of Wyoming Self - University of Wyoming See fewer	First Peoples (2015)
Michael Waters Self - Center for the Study of the First Americans Self - Center for the Study of the First Americans See fewer	Nova (1974)
Eske Willerslev Self - Center for GeoGenetics, Copenhagen Self - Center for GeoGenetics, Copenhagen See fewer	Life and Other Problems (2024)
Ghia Koch-Human Clovis Woman (uncredited) Clovis Woman (uncredited) See fewer	Fried Barry (2020)

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