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Beringia sea levels (blues) and land elevations (browns) measured in metres from 21,000 years ago to present. Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72° north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. [1]
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Demand for dog fur clothing increased during this time and hunters targeted the dogs for their fur which was popular in hats and coats. [2] Since the 1990s, efforts have been underway to preserve purebred examples. [2] in 1990, the first Beringia sled race was held to showcase traditional dog sledding and Kamchatka Sled Dogs. [5]
Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait is a 2019 book by Brown University historian Bathsheba Demuth, published by W. W. Norton & Company. [1] The book examines environmental and social change in the Beringia region surrounding the Bering Strait from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries, focusing on the pursuits of American and Russian interests and their ...
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Schematic illustration of maternal (mtDNA) gene-flow in and out of Beringia, from 25,000 years ago to present. The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas from about 20,000 to 14,000 years ago (20–14 kya), [1] and European contact, after about 500 years ago.
The term Beringia was first coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937. During Beringia's long history some animals migrated Easterly ( mastodons , gomphotheres , mammoths , various members of the deer family , bison , sheep and muskoxen ) others Westerly ( equines , camels ), and yet others reveal many episodes of dispersal (such as ...
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