Deglaciation of the pacific coastal corridor directly preceded the human colonization of the americas

Science Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Lesnek, Alia J ^a   Briner, Jason P ^a   Lindqvist, Charlotte ^a,b   Baichtal, James F ^c   Heaton, Timothy H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Tongass National Forest   (United States)

^d W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14C DATING; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; COSMOGENIC; DEGLACIATIONS; HUMAN COLONIZATION; HUMAN MIGRATION; NORTH PACIFIC; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ALASKA; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ALASKA; AMERICAS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS;

EID: 85047993210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar5040     Document Type: Article

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