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Revealing an Ice Age route for indigenous peoples

36 points by Thevet 5y ago

8bitsrule 5y ago
Given the boats that enabled spread into Poly- and Micronesia (and DNA making it to South America), I'd not count out trekking via the Aleutian Islands for some sailors as well.
bluenose69 5y ago
This is an intriguing article, and very well worth a read, once you get rid of the pop-up. Over at the other side of what is now called Canada, archaeologists are making lots of interesting discoveries (see e.g. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaw-archeology-pasi-tuek-artifacts-discovery-culture-1.6090167 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaw-archeolog...).
throw0101a 5y ago
A lot of ancient roads are still known about today: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_roads_and_trails https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_roads_and_trails Some modern thoroughfares (roads, highways, rail) simply built on the paths of used by Indigenous people: * https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/aboriginal-pathways-and-trading-routes-were-californias-first-highways https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/aboriginal-pathways-a... Some of those trails were on the migrations paths of animals, e.g., buffalo/bison.
clsec 5y ago
Original article: https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island-likely-escaped-the-ice-age/ https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island... Study that it's based on (with maps): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379122000191 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737912...
- dang 5y ago
  URL changed from https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ice-age-route-indigenous-peoples/ https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ice-age-route-indigenous... above. Thanks!
  - njarboe 5y ago
    Changing the title also is probably a good idea: "Northwestern Vancouver Island Likely Escaped the Ice Age"
StopDarkPattern 5y ago
"Indigenous" oh so every human on the planet.
trucekill 5y ago
"As early as 18,500 years ago, the Americas’ first peoples spread south from Beringia, a now-sunken continent between Asia and North America." When was this written? The Bluefish caves in the Yukon date back to 24 thousand years ago.

36 points by Thevet 5y ago

Given the boats that enabled spread into Poly- and Micronesia (and DNA making it to South America), I'd not count out trekking via the Aleutian Islands for some sailors as well.

bluenose69 5y ago

This is an intriguing article, and very well worth a read, once you get rid of the pop-up. Over at the other side of what is now called Canada, archaeologists are making lots of interesting discoveries (see e.g. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaw-archeology-pasi-tuek-artifacts-discovery-culture-1.6090167 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaw-archeolog...).

throw0101a 5y ago

A lot of ancient roads are still known about today: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_roads_and_trails https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_roads_and_trails Some modern thoroughfares (roads, highways, rail) simply built on the paths of used by Indigenous people: * https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/aboriginal-pathways-and-trading-routes-were-californias-first-highways https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/aboriginal-pathways-a... Some of those trails were on the migrations paths of animals, e.g., buffalo/bison.

clsec 5y ago

Original article: https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island-likely-escaped-the-ice-age/ https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island... Study that it's based on (with maps): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379122000191 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737912...

dang 5y ago
URL changed from https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ice-age-route-indigenous-peoples/ https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ice-age-route-indigenous... above. Thanks!
- njarboe 5y ago
  Changing the title also is probably a good idea: "Northwestern Vancouver Island Likely Escaped the Ice Age"

StopDarkPattern 5y ago

"Indigenous" oh so every human on the planet.

trucekill 5y ago

"As early as 18,500 years ago, the Americas’ first peoples spread south from Beringia, a now-sunken continent between Asia and North America." When was this written? The Bluefish caves in the Yukon date back to 24 thousand years ago.