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Q: How do scientists believe the land bridge was formed?
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Why do scientists believe the first inhabitants crossed the Land Bridge?

to find riches


How do many scientists believe the earliest men arrived in the western hemisphere?

They believe that men traveled across a land bridge.


Witch theory of early migration to north America do many scientists believe?

people crossed a land bridge


What was the name of the land bridge that scientists believe early humans crossed over to migrate to North America?

The answer is Beringia.


Why do scientists think that the first people crossed the land bridge?

to find riches


How do scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas in the last ice age?

They believe a land bridge existed between what is now Russia and Alaska. Sea levels would have been lower at the time due to the amount of ice on land.


About how many years ago was the Bering Land Bridge said to have formed?

The land bridge the connected Alaska to Russia was in existence around 10,000 years ago. It formed because sea levels were lower at the time due to more of Earth's water being frozen in the icecaps and other glacial structures.


What connected Asia and north america?

The Bering Land Bridge. For mor info and an animated view of the land bridge as it flooded out, see this site: http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/bering_land_bridge/


When did Central American land bridge form?

About 25 to 40 thousand years ago, the Ice Age began and the land bridge between present day Alaska and Asia formed.


Where did Native Americans came from?

They had crossed the land bridge, following the herd of animals wich they hunted. The land bridge was a bridge of ice that formed from other continents to North America. That's when they crossed it. Then, it dissapered again. They're from Siberia


What effects do vehicles have on water land and air?

Minecraft should answer your question bud. LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Scientists believe that people will believe and continue reading anything scientists believe. GET OWNED SON , LOLOLOLOLOL


How did people migrated to the Americas in prehistoric times?

Scientists believe that the first Americans, called the Paleo-Indians, came to the continent from Asia well over 10,000 years ago. At that time, North America and Asia were connected by a land bridge between what is now Alaska and Siberia. Scientists call the ancient land bridge that once existed Beringia.The first Paleo-Indians that crossed Beringia may have been following herds of animals.