The Late Pleistocene Dispersal of Modern Humans in the Americas
When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers have proven difficult to find. Current genetic evidence implies dispersal from a single Siberian population toward the Bering...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1153569 2024-10-13T14:06:22+00:00 The Late Pleistocene Dispersal of Modern Humans in the Americas Goebel, Ted Waters, Michael R. O'Rourke, Dennis H. 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1153569 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1153569 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 319, issue 5869, page 1497-1502 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2008 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1153569 2024-09-19T04:00:57Z When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers have proven difficult to find. Current genetic evidence implies dispersal from a single Siberian population toward the Bering Land Bridge no earlier than about 30,000 years ago (and possibly after 22,000 years ago), then migration from Beringia to the Americas sometime after 16,500 years ago. The archaeological records of Siberia and Beringia generally support these findings, as do archaeological sites in North and South America dating to as early as 15,000 years ago. If this is the time of colonization, geological data from western Canada suggest that humans dispersed along the recently deglaciated Pacific coastline. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Land Bridge Beringia Siberia AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Canada Pacific Science 319 5869 1497 1502 |
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When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers have proven difficult to find. Current genetic evidence implies dispersal from a single Siberian population toward the Bering Land Bridge no earlier than about 30,000 years ago (and possibly after 22,000 years ago), then migration from Beringia to the Americas sometime after 16,500 years ago. The archaeological records of Siberia and Beringia generally support these findings, as do archaeological sites in North and South America dating to as early as 15,000 years ago. If this is the time of colonization, geological data from western Canada suggest that humans dispersed along the recently deglaciated Pacific coastline. |
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The Late Pleistocene Dispersal of Modern Humans in the Americas |
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