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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
The whole migration into North America has always confused me. Most migrations have resulted from some type of "pressure", such as drought, invaders, or the loss of a ready food supply. That a small population of nomads could, essentially, wipe out the local supply of seals and therefore have to travel north into colder and harsher lands seems rather odd to me. That they did migrate is obvious. But just why they did it I have a hard time understanding.
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Would it necessarily have been seen as "migrating", do you think? During the last ice age, there was a land bridge between present-day Siberia and Alaska. To nomadic peoples such as occupied the region, wouldn't it all have seemed to be just one area? That's how it seems to me, anyway.