Archaeologists say North America's first settlers came from Europe Theory challenges belief that first dwellers crossed land bridge from Asia

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: November 7, 1999| Author: JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, Meg Jones of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report | Copyright information

In a radical new view of prehistory, two prominent archaeologists say North America's first inhabitants may have crossed the icy Atlantic Ocean about 18,000 years ago from Europe's Iberian Peninsula.

The theory, presented at a weekend conference, is at odds with the long-held notion that the continent's first settlers came across a land bridge from Asia.

The conventional view is the stuff of college entrance exams and "Far Side" cartoons -- wandering cavemen wrapped in an...

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