Migrations
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Demographics, Population, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Canadian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Canada, United States
Article abstract: Humans probably crossed into North America from Asia between 40,000 and 23,000 b.c.e. and spread throughout the continent, developing an astonishing variety of cultures which flourished in diverse habitats
The Bering land bridge theory relies upon archaeological and linguistic evidence to explain how the ancestors of American Indians arrived in North America. In this widely accepted theory, glaciation caused sea levels to drop and exposed a somewhat marshy area called Beringia, between Siberia and Alaska. Either on foot or by boat, people...
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