Pasting Clips into the Timeline cuts content?

Why is it that when I paste a clip into the timeline (video only - no audio)
it cuts the audio track (sometimes erasing a portion equal to the
incoming clip)?
I end up pasting content past the end of the timeline, and dragging
it far back to the left, which takes up a lot of time...
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I was having the same problem whether I dragged or pasted,
I thought it was the same root problem, sorry.
Will try what you recommend.
EDIT:
The downward arrow works fine for dragging, but what causes the other arrow?
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