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The ancestors of today's [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|American Indigenous peoples]] are [[Paleo-Indians]] they were [[hunter-gatherer]]s who migrated into North America. The most popular theory asserts that migrants came to the Americas via the [[Bering Land Bridge]], [[Beringia]], the land mass covered by the cold ocean waters in the [[Bering Strait]]. Small [[lithic stage]] peoples followed now-extinct [[megafauna]] like bison, mammoth, and caribou, thus gaining the nickname big-game hunters. Groups of people may also have traveled into North America on shelf or sheet ice along the northern Pacific coast.
Cultural traits brought by the first immigrants later evolved and spawned such cultures as [[Iroquois]] on North America and [[Pirahã people|Pirahã]] of South America. These cultures later developed into [[civilization]]s. In many cases, these cultures expanded at a later date than their Old World counterparts. Cultures that may be considered advanced or civilized include: [[Norte Chico civilization|Norte Chico]], [[Cahokia]], [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]], [[Toltec]]s, [[Olmec]], [[Maya civilization|Maya]], [[Aztecs]], [[Purepecha]], [[Chimor]], and the [[Inca]].
==Pre-history==
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