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>there was probably little actual reason to come here at all since, presumably, game and fish were as robust in all the lands they travelled to arrive here and
by briga 4y ago
>there was probably little actual reason to come here at all since, presumably, game and fish were as robust in all the lands they travelled to arrive here and fellow human pressure was non-existent.
I don't think this is true, there were lots of good reasons to move into the Americas, notably the presence of many large species of game animals that evolved without natural defences against humans (which were all quickly hunted to extinction or out-competed). Maine would have been on the fringes of habitability at the time, but other areas like Mexico and Peru were ideal climates for humans to move to, much better than the Siberian wilderness their ancestors travelled through.
- krrrh 4y agoOne thing that really blew my mind was learning that Beringian civilization lasted thousands years before the ice sheets receded enough for people to move into North America as Berginia was slowly swallowed by the sea. This is sometimes referred to as the "Beringian standstill population". By the time people made it down to Mexico they were likely another few distinct civilizations removed from Siberia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia#Human_habitation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia#Human_habitation
- prescriptivist 4y agoSorry, to clarify I mean there was probably little actual reason to migrate to the east coast of North America at that time.
- medstrom 4y agoTrajectory, maybe. If generations of moving east-ish (from Alaska) always got you to better lands, where do you suggest walking next? East!