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How did North American Natives get to North American?

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Most scholars agree that Native Americans came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia via the Bering Strait or along the N Pacific coast in a series of migrations. From Alaska they spread east and south. The several waves of migration are said to account for the many native linguistic families (see Native American languages ), while the common origin is used to explain the physical characteristics that Native Americans have in common ...

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