The first humans to reach North America were boat people, documentary says

18 janvier 2011
by Marc Montgomery
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For a long time science told us that the first people to reach the North American continent arrived here on foot after the last Ice Age. But, scientists are finding evidence that suggests otherwise. They think the first humans came in boats thousands of years earlier than previously thought. We spoke to anthropologist, Dr. Niobe Thompson who hosts a documentary on the subject, called The Code Breakers.


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With a passion for anything antique with an engine, and for Canadian and world history, Marc comes with a wealth of media experience. After DJ work at private radio in southern Ontario, and with experience in Canadian Forces radio and tv in Europe, the state broadcaster in Austria (Radio 3), and the CBC in Ottawa and Montreal, he was the host of the immensely popular CBC and RCI show, "The Link".
He is now part of the new RCI online team producing stories from and about Canada from coast to coast.

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