Beringia

(noun)

The Bering land bridge was roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene ice ages.

Related Terms

  • Clovis peopl
  • Comparative linguistics
  • Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
  • migrate
  • Paleo
  • Glacial maximum
  • Eritrea
  • mitochondrial DNA
  • The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
  • nomadic

(noun)

The Bering land bridge was a land bridge roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene Ice Age.

Related Terms

  • Clovis peopl
  • Comparative linguistics
  • Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
  • migrate
  • Paleo
  • Glacial maximum
  • Eritrea
  • mitochondrial DNA
  • The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
  • nomadic

Examples of Beringia in the following topics:

  • Migration to North America

    • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
    • The traditional theory has been that these early migrants moved into the Beringia land bridge between eastern Siberia and present-day Alaska around 11,000 to 25,000 years ago.
    • It is believed that a small Paleo-Indian population of a few thousand survived the Last Glacial Maximum in Beringia.
  • Conclusion: Pre-Colonial Development of North America

    • Many separate indigenous cultures developed and prospered in North America after the first waves of nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated to the continent across Beringia near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
    • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
    • Beringia was an Ice Age land bridge that united the Eastern and Western hemispheres between Siberia and Alaska.
  • African and Asian Origins

    • Asian nomads are thought to have entered the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia), now the Bering Strait, and possibly via watercraft along the Northwest coast.
    • Though migrants from northeastern Asia could have walked to Alaska with relative ease when Beringia was above sea level, traveling south from Alaska to the rest of North America may have posed significant challenges.
  • Early Lifestyles

    • However, the traditional theory has been that these early migrants moved into the Beringia land bridge between eastern Siberia and present-day Alaska around 40,000–17,000 years ago, when sea levels were significantly lowered due to the Quaternary glaciation. 
    • Sites in Alaska (East Beringia) are where some of the earliest evidence has been found of Paleo-Indians, followed by archaeological sites in northern British Columbia, western Alberta, and the Old Crow Flats region in the Yukon.
  • Innovation and Limitation

    • According to a prevailing New World migration model, migrations of humans from Eurasia to the Americas took place via Beringia, a land bridge, which connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait.
  • Archaeology and History

    • Nomads from Asia are thought to have entered the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia), now the Bering Strait, and possibly along the Northwest coast, in waves.
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