The Best Evidence For The First Americans...so far

AD & Important Clarification: Get an exclusive Surfshark deal! Enter promo code STEFANMILO for an extra 3 months free at surfshark.deals/stefanmilo Also an important clarification from the Nez Perce. They do not support the testing of human remains for ancient DNA as it is a destructive process and not how they believe the dead should be treated. My apologies for not making their opposition to that clear in this video.

"Archaeology isn't truth it's argument" Love that line from Loren at the end there. What do you think of this argument? ALSO AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION - An important clarification from the Nez Perce. They do not support the testing of human remains for ancient DNA as it is a destructive process and not how they believe they dead should be treated. My apologies for not making their opposition to that clear in this video.

It is so weird seeing a small corner of sparsely populated Idaho that I have been through on a regular basis my entire life popping up on a history channel on youtube

An important clarification from the Nez Perce. They do not support the testing of human remains for ancient DNA as it is a destructive process and not how they believe they dead should be treated. My apologies for not making their opposition to that clear in this video.

The idea that 15,000 years ago the Oregon shore was 35 miles from where it is now is pretty stunning. It causes me to ponder what additional islands and waypoints might have been available to aid sea migrations back then.

I really admire how you've been able to steadily improve the quality of your videos without losing either the charming personal touches, or the depth and thoroughness of your research. Also, it's fascinating to me when indigenous historians can supplement archaeological findings with additional information, as Nakia Williamson-Cloud does here. The note at the end about the three even earlier towns is kind of mind-blowing.

Don't count on the History Channel to do it either. They're too busy making brain-dead, fact-devoid Ancient Alien series, rather than any shows with a shred of credibility.

As a member of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota with a background in archeology I applaud your work. The Asian connection has always been of great interest to me. Well done!

In the Great Lakes area, relict indigenous shoreline encampments from thousands of years ago are ... under water. The old lake shorelines are still down there.

Hey Stefan, I’m an anthropology nerd from Florida and I love your videos and have been watching for years. Please do a video on the extinct native Americans of Florida like the timucua tequesta and ais. There is literally NOTHING known about them because they were all killed off centuries ago by diseases brought by the Spanish. Apparently there related to certain Mexican and Native American populations and there could have been a Taino presence in south east Florida. They look so interesting how they survived the deadly and hot swamp nature of Florida. Near me in boca raton there is a Native American burial mound that’s now part of a country club and no one’s ever paid attention to it.

Loved it. I'm an old man from NE New Mexico. I am 24% Native, localized in the area I am from; according to DNA. It's wonderful and fun to think of where my different peoples came from. Really appreciate your work, Stefan.

I have been fortunate to have lived on various parts of the world. In China, there are many ethnic groups. Each with their own physical features. Tibetan and Mongolian people are the subject of this comment. After living in China I returned to US into Navajo country around Farmington. The similarity of those two groups was unmistakable. I often walked up to someone and started speaking Chinese only to find they were Navajo. I also found many cultural practices and color use similar.

They were not the ancestors of "all native Americans today". There was more than one migration.

i love how human your videos are. you acknowledge the limitations of our current knowledge while still developing a sense of the truth. i also appreciate how you use indigenous knowledge and conventional archaeological evidence to support your narrative. thank you for your hard work and dedication!

As a person born in Mexico who is often asked if I’m asian, I’ve been asking myself questions about this bit of history ever since I was little (I’m a very curious person). Thank you for doing this subject justice! Sounds like I’m not the only one with the questions, but boy was it cool to hear all the tidbits of research that we have been able to uncover since I last learned about this. Also, the fun fact about their shore being kilometers away from the current shore is absolutely mind blowing! Your channel is incredible. Keep up the amazing work!

Footprints found in New Mexico have been dated to 28,000 BCE. They dated these prints by the pollen found with the prints. The pollen was pushed down by the feet of the people leaving the prints.

The Gault Site surprises me the most--it's quite far away, almost to the Gulf Coast. It's one thing for people to travel down the coast from Alaska; another to have traversed the Rockies and Great Plains, all before Clovis.

I'm an anthropology student at the university of Idaho, which is really a privilege even though our program is woefully small (at orientation my freshman year there were a total of 3 anthropology majors including myself). Our uni is on Nez Perce land and there are a lot of classes on Nez Perce culture and language and history, that on top of the interesting projects happening in the area makes it so amazing. I'm taking a course next semester based around Tribal Elders from local groups telling traditional stories and histories

I LOVE the painting at 3:31; the the rowers weary, but the dog just living the dream. Whoever the artist is, they did an amazing job; it's beautiful.

I have such an appetite for history content, and I am so glad you are making such high quality content. From a viewers perspective, you are blowing the history channel out of the water!