Migration to the Americas

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First Americans

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Lived on continents for thousands of years

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Land Bridge Theory

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Linked Asia and the Americas

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Ice Ages

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Periods of extreme cold

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Vitus Bering

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Explorer after whom Bering Strait is named

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20,000 years ago

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Possible time first humans came to Americas

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Evidence

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Tells the story of the first Americans

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North and South America

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Settled by early humans

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Bering Strait

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Now lies beneath the land bridge

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Human Migration

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Movement of people to new areas

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Northeastern Asia

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Connected to Alaska by land bridge