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First Peoples

Eva of Naharon - The First American?

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 02s

Eva of Naharon was discovered by archaeologists on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Her remains, which are far older than any others found in the Americas, have changed what we know about the arrival of the first people on the double continent.

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