The evidence gave rise to a consensus known as the Clovis First theory. More recently, discoveries from archaeological sites predating the Clovis culture have challenged the Clovis First theory ...

When did humans first arrive in the Americas? For decades, the "Clovis-first" model of initial colonization held sway. It says that the first Americans were the Clovis people—named for an ...

Smaller animals and plants were virtually absent from the menu, confirming the long-debated theory that the Clovis people were devoted megafauna hunters rather than general foragers.