Paleo-american (Noun)
Meaning
A member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The paleo-American hunter-gatherers roamed the vast expanses of the American continent for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
- Archaeological evidence suggests that the paleo-American populations migrated to the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge from Asia.
- The paleo-American culture was marked by a nomadic lifestyle, tracking large game animals such as mammoths and bison.
- Studies of paleo-American genetics have shed light on the origins and migrations of the early human populations in the Americas.
- The discovery of paleo-American artifacts, such as stone tools and spear points, has provided valuable insights into the lives of the early human inhabitants of the Americas.