Oct 30, 2025 06:23 PM
New evidence suggests the first Americans didn’t walk from Siberia -- they sailed from Japan
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science...cans-japan
KEY POINTS: Stone tools found in some of the earliest settlements in the Americas are challenging the prevailing theory of when the first migrations to the region happened. These tools, probably used as spear points, bear a remarkable similarity to ancient projectile points found in archaeological sites on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the Bering Land Bridge as previously thought... (MORE - details)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science...cans-japan
KEY POINTS: Stone tools found in some of the earliest settlements in the Americas are challenging the prevailing theory of when the first migrations to the region happened. These tools, probably used as spear points, bear a remarkable similarity to ancient projectile points found in archaeological sites on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the Bering Land Bridge as previously thought... (MORE - details)