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The first Americans (American Indians) arrived here in North America approx. 13,500 BCE or approx. 15,000 years prior to the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus. According to radiocarbon dating by Dr. Scott Elias, at the University of Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, lowering sea levels created the 55 mile long Bering land bridge about 14,000 B.C.E and by 10,500 B.C.E., rising sea water had submerged the bridge beneath what is now known as the Bering Strait. Early evidence indicates that it was only when an ice-free corridor through Yukon and Alberta opened up that the new Indian settlers migrated southward. Scientific evidence links American Indian populations to central Asia and eastern Siberia. Today, American Indians closely resemble some central and eastern Asian populations in outward appearance, the distribution of blood group types, and genetic composition as reflected by molecular data, such as DNA.
N.B. The American Indians were not exiled from India and did not leave under religious pressure. After all, Judaism began in the Middle-East circa 1,800 BCE, Buddha wasn't even born until 563 BCE and Buddhism began in India circa 600 B.C.E. Though Jesus was born around year 0, there is no clear beginning of the Christian religion, however, Armenia was the first country to make it their official religion in 301 CE. Lastly, Mohammad wasn't born until circa 570 CE (a thousand years after Buddha and 570 years after Jesus) and Islam wasn't founded until circa 620 C.E. so, relatively, it is a young religion. American Indians left Asia WAY before any of these religions ever existed. Their reasons for crossing the Bering land bridge were a combination of tribal disagreements and simply following migrating animals for food.
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∙ 13y agoThe first Americans (American Indians) arrived here in North America approx. 13,500 BCE or approx. 15,000 years prior to the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus. According to radiocarbon dating by Dr. Scott Elias, at the University of Colorado's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, lowering sea levels created the 55 mile long Bering land bridge about 14,000 B.C.E and by 10,500 B.C.E., rising sea water had submerged the bridge beneath what is now known as the Bering Strait. Early evidence indicates that it was only when an ice-free corridor through Yukon and Alberta opened up that the new Indian settlers migrated southward. Scientific evidence links American Indian populations to central Asia and eastern Siberia. Today, American Indians closely resemble some central and eastern Asian populations in outward appearance, the distribution of blood group types, and genetic composition as reflected by molecular data, such as DNA.
N.B. The American Indians were not exiled from India and did not leave under religious pressure. After all, Judaism began in the Middle-East circa 1,800 BCE, Buddha wasn't even born until 563 BCE and Buddhism began in India circa 600 B.C.E. Though Jesus was born around year 0, there is no clear beginning of the Christian religion, however, Armenia was the first country to make it their official religion in 301 CE. Lastly, Mohammad wasn't born until circa 570 CE (a thousand years after Buddha and 570 years after Jesus) and Islam wasn't founded until circa 620 C.E. so, relatively, it is a young religion. American Indians left Asia WAY before any of these religions ever existed. Their reasons for crossing the Bering land bridge were a combination of tribal disagreements and simply following migrating animals for food.
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How did the first Americans get here?
I think the first american's got here by crossing the Bering Strait which is now underwater. ;)
Why was the bering strait important to the early native Americans?
It is believed that when the first humans came to North America there was exposed land connecting Siberia and Alaska, where the Bering Strait is now, and that is how they entered the continent.
What is the name of the ice bridge the Asians used when they first came to this as Native Americans?
It's called the Bering Strait Crossing if I'm not wrong.
Where did the first amiracans cross over a land brige?
The first humans to settle in the Americas crossed the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. At the time it was a plain and you could walk across.
Who were the first people to cross the bering strait?
The incas of ancient times from a small village to the north of alaska crossed the bering strait in 1728 to travel to the americas in search of new land
How did the first Americans get here?
I think the first american's got here by crossing the Bering Strait which is now underwater. ;)
Why was the bering strait important to the early native Americans?
It is believed that when the first humans came to North America there was exposed land connecting Siberia and Alaska, where the Bering Strait is now, and that is how they entered the continent.
What explorer discovered the bering strait?
The Bering Strait is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who was the first European to explore the strait in 1728 on an expedition for the Russian Navy.
How did of Native Americans first migrate to north and south America?
the first Americans came from Asia and crossed what is now the bering strait it was land then. they came by foot to get food
Who fond North Carolina?
Tartar Mongolians, approx. 10,000B.C., first of The Great Four Migrations across what is now the Bering Strait
Who crossed the bering strait first?
Semen Dezhnev
What is the name of the ice bridge the Asians used when they first came to this as Native Americans?
It's called the Bering Strait Crossing if I'm not wrong.
What is the Name of this Strait in the North Pacific that once connected these two continents and allowed for Native Americans to be the first people of the continent?
Bering Strait. They weren't Native Americans, however, they were people from the Kamchatka Peninsula; from the nation of Rus, or Russians.
How did the first people reached America?
the first humans reached North America during the Ice Age when they were following animals during the Ice Age. The animals were looking for a warmer area to live so they had crossed the Bering Strait, a land bridge that connected Asia to North America, the first Americans had crossed the Bering Strait.
What was waterway did the first American civilization emerge?
bering strait
When did the first Americans come across from bering strait?
Somewhere roughly around 60 or 70 thousand years ago. They came across the ice-bridge that connected northern Asia to North America.
How did the first humans get to north America?
the first humans reached North America during the Ice Age when they were following animals during the Ice Age. The animals were looking for a warmer area to live so they had crossed the Bering Strait, a land bridge that connected Asia to North America, the first Americans had crossed the Bering Strait.
