Which of the following is NOT a major theory that explains how the Americas were originally peopled?

Europeans came to the Americas thousands of years before Columbus.

Southeast Asians sailed across the Pacific Ocean to North America.

Nomadic hunters crossed Beringia into North America more than 12,000 years ago.

Africans crossed into South America when Africa and South America were one continent.

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Alfred Gilmore

25 July, 06:54

Which of the following is NOT a major theory that explains how the Americas were originally peopled?

Europeans came to the Americas thousands of years before Columbus.

Southeast Asians sailed across the Pacific Ocean to North America.

Nomadic hunters crossed Beringia into North America more than 12,000 years ago.

Africans crossed into South America when Africa and South America were one continent.

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Leland Fowler · Answer 1

Right choice:

Africans crossed into South America when Africa and South America were one continent.

Explanation:

Such a statement is totally absurd. Humans as a species had not appeared on planet Earth when present-day Africa and South America were part of the same land mass hundreds of millions year ago. So, African could not cross to South America in the times of Pangea, the only megacontinent in the planet's evolution. The other options are theories of the origins of man in the Americas, though there's no consensus in the academic community.