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Physically speaking they probably walked across the American continent all the time. But it seems easy to rationalise why the culture as an artefact-producing e
by roenxi 2y ago
Physically speaking they probably walked across the American continent all the time. But it seems easy to rationalise why the culture as an artefact-producing entity would spread slowly. If there are economies of scale to their hunting or economy it would make sense not to wander off too far from existing settlements and mass migrations are sure to be risky and uncomfortable.
- WalterBright 2y agoYet people did a lot of wandering around the continent in the 1700 and 1800s.
- t-3 2y agoArtifacts show that humans in the Americas having been trekking and trading over very long distances for a long time, but the spread of human groups to colonizing different areas was likely much slower and driven by the availability of food and local population levels much more than there being a place to walk to.