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 | | This development may have taken place as recently as 10,000 BC Then, according to this theory, the first Paleo-Indians moved rapidly southwards into North and South America, the speed of their migration being conditioned by the great abundance of game animals and the absence of human competitors in this virgin territory. |
 | | The presence of humans at the southern tip of South America by 9000—8500 BC suggested to some investigators that the fluted-point hunters were not the first migrants into the Americas, as this would have necessitated a very rapid rate of migration by these hunters. |
 | | Pedra Pintada, near Monte Alegre in the lower Amazon (c.9,000-8,200 BC), is essentially contemporary with Clovis and represents a previously unknown Paleo-Indian subsistence pattern based on fishing, foraging, and limited hunting in the tropical rain forest. |
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