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1. Bering Strait

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   The strait's shallow nature has historically allowed for the formation of a land bridge, known as Beringia, during periods of lower global sea levels, particularly during Pleistocene glacial maxima. This land bridge was crucial for the migration of Pleistocene megafauna and, crucially, the initial dispersal of anatomically modern humans into the Americas.
   While the timing and duration of these connections are debated, p…

2. Laurentide Ice Sheet

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   The Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) was one of the two major ice sheets covering North America during the Pleistocene glaciations (/entries/north-america-during-the-pleistocene-glaciations/), the other being the smaller Cordilleran Ice Sheet (/entries/cordilleran-ice-sheet/). Extending southward from the Canadian Arctic (/entries/canadian-arctic/), the LIS reached its maximum extent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (/entries/las…