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Did T. rex's 'grandparents' migrate over the Bering Land Bridge? Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, specifically in Laramidia, the western half of the continent.
Alaska Science Forum Bering Land Bridge wasn’t such a dry place Ned Rozell Feb 23, 2025 ...
Geologists suggest that between 36,000 and 11,000 years ago, the Bering Land Bridge may have been less an arid steppe grassland and more a boggy ecosystem crisscrossed by rivers.
The land bridge, now submerged under the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia, was above water from about 36,000 years ago to 11,000 years ago.
The Bering Land Bridge's boggy environs were revealed by a research cruise aboard the R/V Sikuliaq, an over 260-foot oceanographic vessel operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The ...
The land bridge across the Bering Strait that lasted through much of the last Ice Age was likely very different from what has been imagined. Instead of a mix of grassland, tundra, and ice sheet ...
Discover the Bering Land Bridge, an ancient Ice Age landmass that connected Asia and North America. Learn how it facilitated human and animal migration, its unique environment, and its lasting ...
The Bering Land Bridge once connected Russia to Alaska and was a crossing point for some of the first humans to populate the Americas. But during certain periods, the bridge was either impassable or ...
Eventually, some crossed the Bering Land Bridge. They start showing up in the North American fossil record between 300,000 and 130,000 years ago.