How can you say that Beringia coridor was closed when Inuit people migrated to North America about 1000 years ago? Boats were always a big deal.... Beringia was closed for mammoths, but not for people. And about coastal route...according to recent studies, it was basically always open, just sometimes there was more ice, sometimes less, and in different areas. There is a lecture by Quentin Mackie where he talks about it.
Sounds to me that this a pissy fit between two phd’s when the reality is that people are free to go where they want and are not bound to follow the pack! As a species, we have been problem solvers who stood out from the general population and we all have benefited mightily from the advancements of a few. So oir lives are getting easier in one sense and our brains have been shrinking formthe past 3,000 years. Go figure!
How can you say that Beringia coridor was closed when Inuit people migrated to North America about 1000 years ago? Boats were always a big deal.... Beringia was closed for mammoths, but not for people.
And about coastal route...according to recent studies, it was basically always open, just sometimes there was more ice, sometimes less, and in different areas. There is a lecture by Quentin Mackie where he talks about it.
Sounds to me that this a pissy fit between two phd’s when the reality is that people are free to go where they want and are not bound to follow the pack! As a species, we have been problem solvers who stood out from the general population and we all have benefited mightily from the advancements of a few. So oir lives are getting easier in one sense and our brains have been shrinking formthe past 3,000 years. Go figure!