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Paleo-Indian

Pa·le·o-In·di·an [ pàylee ō índee ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
of earliest Americans: relating to the earliest inhabitants of the Americas, who arrived from Asia by the Bering land bridge that connected Alaska and Siberia. By 12,000 to 10,000 years ago they were hunting game and living in small groups throughout North America.


Pa·le·o-In·di·an noun
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