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Paleo-Eskimo

Noun

Meaning

Paleo-Eskimo pl (plural only)

The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples.

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AST consisted of several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. citation Gibbon, pp. 28–31 The Dorset culture ( Inuktitut : Tuniit or Tunit) refers to the next inhabitants of central and eastern Arctic. Source: Internet

The earliest entry of the Paleo-Eskimo into Greenland is thought to have occurred about 2500 BC. Source: Internet

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