What is the Significance of Beringia?
Beringia is a large region around the present-day Bering strait, associated with the time when sea levels were 200 m (656 ft) lower than the present-day and a huge land bridge connected together Asia and North America. At its greatest extent, this land bridge was about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from north to south. The term “Beringia” refers to the large expanse of tundra in the region, which was colonized by small bands of nomadic humans between about 22,000 and 16,000 years ago.
