In the article written by Heather Pringle, "The First Americans", she combines the findings of various archaeologists from around the world who aimed to debunk a popular theory of migration. towards the Americas. As noted in the article, it is commonly believed that the first arrivals to the New World crossed the Bering Strait, a far northern passage connecting the northeastern tip of Asia and Alaska. 13,000 years ago, these hunters would have followed mammals and other large prey across the ice-free passage. Evidence of the abandonment of their stone tools led to them being called the Clovis people. This article reveals new evidence presented by archaeologists that people migrated to the Americas in a different way, and much earlier. The debate began when an archaeologist named Thomas D. Dillehay discovered artifacts belonging to people existing 14,600 years ago, before Clovis, at Monte Verde, a site in southern Chile. These people slept in skin tents, had access to seafood and potatoes, and shared similar characteristics to other artifacts found in North America....