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Created page with "== Pre-Columbian Era == The history of the Americas begins long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The first humans in the Americas were the Paleo-Indians, who crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia during the last Ice Age, around 15,000 years ago. These early inhabitants, known as Clovis people, are believed to have hunted large mammals, including mammoths and mastodons. Image:Detail-60386.jpg|thumb|center|A..."