WI There had been no ice bridge for Paleo-Indians to cross into North America?

BigDave1967

Banned
What if there had been no ice bridge for Paleo-Indians to cross into North America? What would have been the impact for the future. It would have been considerable different for Spanish,French and English explorers to come to North America with possibly no human settlement in North America.
 
That won't stop subsequent migrations from going into North America, like the ancestors of the Inuit and the Na-Dene peoples who came after the land bridge had submerged into the sea. You might even have more migrations without the paleo-Indians serving as an obstacle.
 
What if there had been no ice bridge for Paleo-Indians to cross into North America? What would have been the impact for the future. It would have been considerable different for Spanish,French and English explorers to come to North America with possibly no human settlement in North America.
Errr... What?

The whole point of the Beringia bridge is that it was open steppes, which allowed animals (and people) to move both ways.

Removing that means no horses or camels in Eurasia, no wolves in North America, etc., etc.

Also, as C points out, at least some of the waves of immigration likely came along the shores.
 
Top