DISCLAIMERThis is not a publication of the original author but an independent work of Walter A. HuntIt is an in-depth excerpt and awesome summary with great value of the book and does not intend to take the place of the main book. ORIGIN uses a new and powerful sort of evidence: their whole genomes, to tell the tale of who the earliest peoples in the Americas were, how and why they crossed Atlantic Ocean, How and Why They Moved South, and how they lived. ORIGIN provides a thorough summary of these new North and South American histories, as well as an examination of how genetics might disclose facts about human history and evolution.
People crossed a vast land bridge 20,000 years ago from Siberia to Western Alaska, and then expanded southward into what is now the Americas. This is the last time our species has colonized a completely new habitat, and it has remained a matter of discussion until we move to other worlds.
A source of intense attention and debate There are no written records, and there is little archaeological evidence, to tell us what happened or how it transpired. Many other ideas have been developed to explain how the Americas were populated and what happened after that over thousands of years. ORIGIN is a historical and contemporary investigation of how genetics is presently being utilized to generate myths that have a significant influence on Indigenous peoples in the Americas. It serves as a primer for anybody interested in how genetics has gotten intertwined with identity in society's response to the question of "Who is indigenous?"