Archaeological and Genetic Evidence for the Late Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

Archaeological evidence accumulated over the last few decades and new genetic evidence are showing that the 80-year-old Clovis First model no longer explains the exploration and settlement of the Americas by humans at the end of the last Ice Age. Evidence from archaeological sites in North and South America are providing empirical evidence that people occupied the Americas by 15,000 years ago. Studies of modern and ancient genomes confirm this age estimate and tell us who these people were and where they came from. Together the archaeological and genetic evidence is rewriting our understanding of the First Americans. For more information see arkycalgary.com.
Location:
Earth Sciences 162 (Tom Oliver Room)
Speaker:
Dr. Mike Waters (mwaters@tamu.edu)
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/archaeological-and-genetic-evidence-late-pleistocene-peopling-americas