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History of Canada Prepared by Motorina Maria, the first year student of the Department of Education in the sphere of Roman and German languages, The Teachers Training School of Far Federal University Archaeological studies and analyses of DNA haplogroups... More

History of Canada Prepared by Motorina Maria, the first year student of the Department of Education in the sphere of Roman and German languages, The Teachers Training School of Far Federal University Archaeological studies and analyses of DNA haplogroups have indicated a human presence in the northern Yukon region from 26,500 years ago, and in southern Ontario from 9,500 years ago (7500 BC). The Paleo-Indian archaeological sites at Old Crow Flats and Bluefish Caves are two of the oldest sites of human habitation in Canada. The characteristics of Canadian Aboriginal societies included permanent settlements, agriculture, complex societal hierarchies, and trading networks. Some of these cultures had collapsed by the time European explorers arrived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and have only been discovered through archaeological investigations. The aboriginal population is estimated to have been between 200,000 and two million in the late 15th century, with a figure of 50 Less