Deglaciation of the Pacific coastal corridor directly preceded the human colonization of the Americas

• Main Authors: Lesnek, Alia J., Briner, Jason P., Lindqvist, Charlotte, Baichtal, James F., Heaton, Timothy H.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Human Migration; Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85482; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45163
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The route and timing of early human migration to the Americas have been a contentious topic for decades. Recent paleogenetic analyses suggest that the initial colonization from Beringia took place as early as 16 thousand years (ka) ago via a deglaciated corridor along the North Pacific coast. Howeve...