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Expanding Geographical Horizons: New Worlds

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Prelude
Chronicle
The Settlement Of Greater Australia
       Paleogeography In The Western Pacific
       The Road To Sahul
       The Discovery Of Greater Australia
The Earliest Occupation Of Greater Australia
       The Archaeology Of Sahul
       Willandra Lakes
The Spread Through Australia
       The Australian Interior
Tasmania
Greater Australia: A Broad Range Of Adaptations
East Into The Pacific
       A Pacific Islander “Age Of Exploration”
       Pacific Geography
       Pacific Archaeology
       Why The Pacific Islands Were Settled
Coming To America
The Source Of Los Indios
When Did The First Migrants Arrive?
       When Was Beringia Exposed And Open For Travel?
       When Was Eastern Siberia First Inhabited?
       What Is The Age Of The Earliest New World Sites?
The First Human Settlement Of America
       One If By Land
       Two If By Sea
Alaska
       Denali And Nenana
Clovis
Clovis Technology
       The Clovis Advantage
       Clovis Subsistence
       First Skeletons
Issues And Debates:
What Other Kinds Of Data Can Contribute To Solving The Riddle Of The First Americans?
       Linguistic Diversity
       Genetic Diversity
Could Native Americans Really Have Come From Europe Instead Of Asia?
Who-Or What-Killed The American And Australian Megafauna?
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Visiting The Past
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