WHO GOT HERE FIRST, AND HOW? The settlemet of the western hemisphere now looks more complicated than the Anthro 101 account that "undifferentiated mongols" crossed the Bering Land Bridge some 12,000 years ago. Now, many other possibilities are under examination and this site, designed by the Burke Museum at the University of Washington, offers a truly fascinating (and quite interactive!) account of the competing theories and the bodies of supportive evidence.