ice age migration
Prehistoric cold journey
Ice age migration refers to the large-scale movement of humans and animals during glacial periods, when lowered sea levels exposed land bridges and changing climates forced populations to seek new territories.
The most famous example is the crossing from Asia to North America via Beringia: Ice age migration brought the first humans to the Americas.
These migrations shaped the global distribution of species and human populations we see today.
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
- land bridgeTerrain joining two continents
- BeringiaFormer land connecting continents
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
nomad · woolly · woolly mammoth · permafrost · hunter-gatherer · mastodon · flint · stone tools · bone needles · animal hides · caribou · crossing · tribe · survival · frozen · megafauna · shelter · ice sheet
- ancient migrationsDorian invasion
- First AmericansPaleo-Indians, Beringia, coastal route, crossing point
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak