'It could have been a very different history': Researchers are finally starting to pin down how many Indigenous people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived - Live Science
LivescienceOctober 12, 2026
Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult.
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