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imnotsoho t1_j2o25x3 wrote

Reply to comment by arthurpete in Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age, study finds - By reconstructing the sea level history of the Bering Strait, scientists found that the strait remained flooded until around 35,700 years ago, not long before humans began migrating into the Americas by avogadros_number

I don't have a chart, but the gap now is a little over 50 miles. I it had narrowed to 10 they would have been able to see land on the other side and been curious. Little Diomede would have been evident earlier, unless it rose through volcanic activity after that period.

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