USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite myths to the contrary, not all Native Americans were peaceful. Like Europe, the American continent faced tribal warfare that sometimes led to human and cultural destruction. The buffalo played an important role in the survival of Native American tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paleoindian Period (12, 000 to 8, 000 BC): The Paleoindian Period refers to the time period when people migrated to the North American continent. People during this period were nomadic hunter-gatherers who subsisted on foods obtained from the wilds, from foraging and hunting species that are not domesticated.

Detailed explanation-3: -The population of Native America Scholarly estimates of the pre-Columbian population of Northern America have differed by millions of individuals: the lowest credible approximations propose that some 900, 000 people lived north of the Rio Grande in 1492, and the highest posit some 18, 000, 000.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prior to Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492, the area boasted thriving indigenous populations totaling to more than 60 million people. A little over a century later, that number had dropped close to 6 million.