Bridge did not appear until roughly 35,700 years ago, fewer than 10,000 years before the last ice age peaked.
It is thought humans arrived in the Americas for the first time through the Bering Land Bridge. Now, researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz claim that Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during the last ice age.
“Last Glacial Maximum grew after 46,000 years ago”
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According to a recent study that reconstructs the history of water level at the Beringia, the Bering Land Bridge did not appear until roughly 35,700 years ago, fewer than 10,000 years before the last ice age peaked, as per the new study.
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