Migration to America: Part One
Why did early people's migrate to North America?
1. Climate Change (Ice Age) 2. Changing Landscape (land bridge) 3. Population Pressure (hunter-gatherers) 4. New Technology (boats, stone tools)
Migration by Land Bridge:
Scientists believe a land bridge connected Asia and North America during the most recent Ice Age. - Many scientists believe the first migrants walked across this land bridge into North America. - The land bridge existed from about 28,000 to 10,000 BCE.
When did humans migrate to North America?
Sometime between 13,000 and 30,000 years ago. Most scientists believe that the first people to migrate to America came from Asia.
Archaeology
The scientific study of the physical remains of the past human life.