[HN Gopher] Revealing an Ice Age route for indigenous peoples
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Revealing an Ice Age route for indigenous peoples
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2022-03-13 06:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (hakaimagazine.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (hakaimagazine.com)
        
       | throw0101a wrote:
       | A lot of ancient roads are still known about today:
       | 
       | * 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-a...
       | 
       | Some of those trails were on the migrations paths of animals,
       | e.g., buffalo/bison.
        
       | 8bitsrule wrote:
       | 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.
        
       | StopDarkPattern wrote:
       | "Indigenous" oh so every human on the planet.
        
       | clsec wrote:
       | Original article: https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-
       | vancouver-island...
       | 
       | Study that it's based on (with maps):
       | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737912...
        
         | dang wrote:
         | URL changed from https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ice-age-
         | route-indigenous... above. Thanks!
        
           | njarboe wrote:
           | Changing the title also is probably a good idea:
           | 
           | "Northwestern Vancouver Island Likely Escaped the Ice Age"
        
       | trucekill wrote:
       | "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.
        
       | bluenose69 wrote:
       | 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-
       | archeolog...).
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2022-03-14 23:01 UTC)