One of the biggest baby booms in North American history didn't occur anytime recently. Instead, it occurred within Native American populations between 500 and 1300 AD. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at this massive baby boom as they learn a bit more about what kind of events led up to the boom and then caused population numbers to rapidly decline. The researchers looked at a century's … [Read more...]
Ancestors of Native Americans spent over 10,000 years at Bering Strait Bridge
The researchers have made an interesting discovery about the Bering Land Bridge. They say the ancestors of Native Americans have spent over 10,000 years on and around it before streaming into the Americas. The land bridge is now buried about 50 to 60 meters (160-200 feet) under Bering and Chukchi Seas. The research has been published on February 27 in the journal Science under the name … [Read more...]