The Land Bridge Theory

Land Bridge Theory = First humans arrived in Americas on foot via a temporary land bridge Beringia = Region that connected Eastern Siberia to Alaska Timeline of ancient ancestors' departure from Siberia = Between 24,000 and 21,000 years ago Trans-Pacific Migration Theory = Theory proposed by Pontus Skogland in 2015

Archeologists = Study historical and prehistorical human activity Geneticists = Study genes and their role in inheritance Anthropologists = Study aspects of humans within societies and past civilizations Pontus Skogland = Geneticist who proposed the Trans-Pacific Migration Theory

Beringia = Land bridge that connected Eastern Siberia to Alaska Land Bridge Theory = Theory that first humans arrived in Americas via a temporary land bridge Paleolithic human remains = Ancient human remains from the Ice Age Trans-Pacific Migration Theory = Theory about human migration proposed by Pontus Skogland

<p>Eastern Siberia = Place where the ancient ancestors of the first Americans departed Alaska = Connected to Eastern Siberia through Beringia Beringia = Land bridge that first humans used to arrive in the Americas Amazon region of South America = Place where modern-day indigenous people live, whose genomes were sequenced by Pontus Skogland</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>24,000 to 21,000 years ago = Period when the ancient ancestors of the first Americans left Siberia 5,000 years = Span of time when Beringia connected Eastern Siberia to Alaska Ice Age = Period from which well-preserved archeological sites and Paleolithic human remains have been found 2015 = Year when Pontus Skogland proposed the Trans-Pacific Migration Theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

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