[["Christopher Columbus was the first European to South America in August of 1498. ", 250.0], ["No one knows who the first person to set foot in South America was, but archaeological evidence from Monte Verde, and Caverna da Pedra Pintada, indicate that humans had settled there at least by 9100 BCE, and possibly as early as 16,500 BCE.\nColumbus was a latecommer, by at least 10,000 years. ", 79.0]]
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