Agriculture develops independently in the Americas
Agriculture arose independently in at least three regions: South America, Mesoamerica, and eastern North America.
North & Central America
Sto:lo culture emerges in modern-day British Columbia
The first traces of people living in the Fraser Valley date from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. The Sto:lo called this area, their traditional territory, S’ólh Téméxw were highly mobile hunter-gatherers.
Humans invent footwear, perhaps sagebrush bark sandals in modern-day Oregon
In 1938 archaeologist Luther Cressman (from the University of Oregon) excavated at Fort Rock Cave in central Oregon. Cressman found dozens of sandals below a layer of volcanic ash.
Humans migrate from Siberia to Americas across the Bering Land Bridge
As of 2008, genetic findings suggest that a single population of modern humans migrated from southern Siberia toward the Bering Land Bridge as early as 30,000 years ago, and crossed over by 16,500 years ago.
Humans occupy and settle the Bluefish Caves in northern Yukon
Bluefish Caves is an archaeological site in Yukon, Canada from which a specimen of allegedly human-worked mammoth bone has been radiocarbon dated to 24,000 years before present, earlier than the generally accepted age for habitation of the New World.
Humans migrate to Mesoamerica
It is currently unclear whether 21,000-year-old campfire remains found in the Valley of Mexico are the earliest human remains in Mexico.
Humans first arrive and settle in the Arctic
The first indigenous peoples evolved physically and culturally to meet the rigorous demands of their remarkable environment.