Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age.

“In this first excavation we discovered, in the stream bed ... which establishes that the populating of the Americas occurred 12,000 years ago, from north to south, via the Bering Strait ...

While it has been commonly said that Columbus discovered the Americas, that is not accurate. Even before he set sail from Spain, thousands of people were already living on these lands for centuries.

Forget expanding the audience; “The Americas” went so deep on the wildlife of the continent and its bodies of water that they discovered new species. Gunton explained why the whole show is ...