What did Beringia look like in the last “ice-age?” Alistair Monteath et al.¹ have just published an impressive review article!
I will need some time to read through it.
The more detailed fossil-based understanding of vegetation and soil is really important for a clearer picture of the plant–herbivore interactions. In the end, it’s so much more complex than the naïve concept of a homogenous mammoth steppe grassland…

¹ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109527
#Beringia #Mammoth #Pleistocene #Quaternary

𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼: Footprints at White Sands show humans in North America 23,000 years ago—10,000 years earlier than thought, reaffirming the 2021 evidence of the first arrivals on the continent. #americas #peopling #beringia

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/america-first-settlers-0022199

Sending love to everyone this Valentine's Day, Beringia style! 💘 Whether you're cozying up with a sweetheart, celebrating with pals, or just rocking your own company, we hope your day is filled with love and warmth.

#ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2024 #IceAge #punny #vdaystyle #beringia

Tiny but mighty 💪🐿️

#DYK that ground squirrels first appeared in North America around 10 million years ago? However, the oldest known arctic ground squirrel remains date between 1.8 and 2.5 million years old. That's pretty impressive considering that they can still be found across the circumpolar north today!

#TriviaTuesday #squirrelfriend #arctic #groundsquirrel #beringia #iceage

#Whitehorse’s storied #Beringia Interpretive Centre will reopen on June 17 after being closed for more than six months for renovations 1.5 million years in the making.

After years of planning, the centre shut its doors at the end of 2022 to update its main exhibition hall, which hadn’t seen significant tweaks since opening its doors 26 years ago.

#paleontology #history #HistoryMatters #archaeology #museum #museums

@yukonberingia

https://www.yukon-news.com/news/yukon-beringia-interpretive-centre-to-reopen-after-major-facelift/

Great:

"Finding The First Americans" [2022], Aeon (https://aeon.co/essays/the-first-americans-a-story-of-wonderful-uncertain-science).

#Science #History #Paleontology #Archeology #DNA #AncientDNA #Genetics #RadioCarbonDating #Americas #NativeAmericans #Beringia #Alaska #PopulationY #IceAge