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With the MIGRATION of the first human visitors to the Ancient Southwest, as we explored in the last DIG, the first evidence of human occupation was created. How DO scientists determine where people have been ? And when ? Lets learn from some scientists who have been exploring sites that hold the answers to these questions.
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DIG Challenge #1 – What is the name of the location where the oldest evidence of human occupation has been found in New Mexico ? What type of place is it that has held these secrets fro thousands of years? button
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DIG Challenge #2 – How old are the oldest signs of human presence? button
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DIG Challenge #3 – What is the evidence that has been found and what does it tell scientists about these ancient First Peoples? button
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DIG Challenge #4 – What types of bones were found there and what does this tell us about the types of animals living with humans during the Ice Age? button
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DIG Challenge #5 – Following these very early First People came the well known Clovis and Folsom hunters around 10,000 years ago. What did they leave behind that has been found in many parts of North America? Where does the name Clovis come from ? button
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DIG Challenge #6 – By 8,000 years ago, the Ice Age was receding and more lands were available for wild foods and human habitation. The next group of people who came to live in the Southwest are called the Archaic. What is it about their tools that suggests they may not have been descendents of the Clovis or Folsom, but actually a new group of people who moved in to the Southwest from California? button
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