Native populations survived the Younger Dryas by switching from big game to fishing

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-native-populations-survived-younger-dryas.html

#archeology #youngerdryas #beringia #northamerica #clovis #iceage

Lions prowled North America for tens of thousands of years before going extinct. Today, no lions lounge in southern Alberta canola fields or chase prey through Yukon grasslands—so what happened? 🦁

#Lions #Canada #NorthAmerica #America #US #Paleontology #Science #History #SaberToothedCat #AmericanLion #CaveLion #CaveArt #Fossil #Migration #Beringia #Yukon #Alberta #Alaska

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-lion-the-land-bridge-and-the-new-world/

Lights, camera, action! 🎬

Today and tomorrow, we're down at the Yukon Palaeontology lab filming with Dr. Grant Zazula and Elizabeth Hall. These videos will be incorporated into some of the new exhibits coming to our main exhibit hall. Filming continues next week with more #Beringia experts.

As always, don't forget to check out #BeringiaBTS for more behind the scenes content from the main hall exhibit renewal.

Changing climate conditions likely facilitated early human migration to the Americas at key intervals
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America late in the last...
https://alaska-native-news.com/changing-climate-conditions-likely-facilitated-early-human-migration-to-the-americas-at-key-intervals/66117/
#ice age #migration #america #beringia

" #Beringia—a now-inundated landmass that once connected #Siberia to #Alaska and #Yukon... "

"From the #Bluefish #Caves, three hollows in a remote limestone ridge in northern Yukon, #archaeologists have unearthed some of the oldest known signs of human occupation in #NorthAmerica. Today, these caves are providing scientists with a glimpse into the lives of the Beringian hunters who used them nearly 24,000 years ago."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bluefish-caves-yukon-first-americans?mc_cid=3c1612b239&mc_eid=2bcafc77e8

Investigating Ice Age America’s Ancient Abattoir - Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bluefish-caves-yukon-first-americans

#History #Archeology #America #Canada #Beringia

Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age
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Bering Land Bridge was flooded until 35,700 years ago

A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought.

The unexpected...
https://alaska-native-news.com/bering-land-bridge-formed-surprisingly-late-during-last-ice-age/66006/
#beringia #bering sea #land bridge #ice age #formation #sea level

‘Beringia land bridge traffic more 2-way than previously thought’ story of the week… “Remains of ancient shaman suggest early humans undertook ‘vast’ migrations” - Idaho Statesman
https://apple.news/ADsCj_-oOShy4NsRJSESW6Q #Beringia #Siberia #Altai #neolithic

Ancient #Siberian #genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea

#anthropology #migration #Beringia

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-siberian-genomes-reveal-genetic.html

The Alaska bird checklist has been updated.

https://www.universityofalaskamuseumbirds.org/comments-on-2023-checklist-of-alaska-birds/

#Alaska #Birding #Beringia

'later than previously thought’ story of the week… "Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age" https://research.princeton.edu/news/bering-land-bridge-formed-surprisingly-late-during-last-ice-age #LastGlacialMaximum #Beringia #PalaeoClimate

#NewPaper #Paleoclimatology #Paleogeography #Beringia

Jesse R Farmer,Tamara Pico, Ona M Underwood, Rebecca Cleveland Stout, Julie Granger, Thomas M Cronin, François Fripiat, Alfredo Martínez-García, Gerald H Haug & Daniel M Sigman (2022)
The Bering Strait was flooded 10,000 years before the Last Glacial Maximum
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(1): e2206742119
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206742119
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2206742119

DOC: This shovel handle is itself a 5,000-year-old ‘fact that could fetch a high price on Cradle. It was thrown away because it was of no use to its owners, who knew that they could get wooden poles anywhere in #Beringia just by cutting down a tree.
KATH TWO: What sort of people think that iron is valuable & 5,000-year-old artifacts are garbage?
[She was interrupted by a faint high-pitched beeping sound that was emanating from all of them at once.]
#SeveNeveS

#Introduction

I am Curator of Birds at the University of Alaska Museum and a Professor in the Department of Biology & Wildlife at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I work on #ornithology #evolution #speciation #populationgenetics #genomics #collections #specimens #evolutionaryecology #Beringia #pathogens and...

In our research group we primarily use a specimen-based approach. It’s an exciting time to be a biologist. Glad to see so many interesting colleagues and discussions on this site.