Ancient Beringian
The Ancient Beringians are the earliest known population of North America. They migrated from Beringia into Alaska sometime before 11,500 years ago. They separated from other Paleo-Indians about 20,000 years ago. The discovery of an "Ancient Beringian" genome from the remains of two infants dated to 11,500 years ago was announced in January 2018.[1][2] The Ancient Beringians remained in the Arctic until they either became extinct or amalgamated with the Dene about five to six thousand years ago.
The Ancient Beringian were hunter-gatherers. They ate wild plants and wild animals. Some of the animals they ate were salmon,[3][4] ptarmigan, and ground squirrels.[5]
Ancient Beringian Media
Figure 2. Schematic illustration of maternal (mtDNA) gene-flow in and out of Beringia (long chronology, single source model).
References
- ↑ Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor. Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans. Nature 553 (7687) (2018)Macmillan Publishers Limited. p. 203–207. doi:10.1038/nature25173. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ↑ Price, Michael. Ancient Americans arrived in a single wave, Alaskan infant's genome suggests. Science 359, Issue 6371 (January 3, 2018)American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- ↑ Horne, Naomi. Earliest evidence of ancient North American salmon fishing verified (September 21, 2015)University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ Halffman, Carrin. Human use of Salmon in North America at 11,500 years ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ Wren, Kathy. Science: Child's Cremation Site Reveals Domestic Life in Paleoindian Alaska (February 24, 2011)American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved January 7, 2018.