The Pacific Ocean's currents support a diverse ecosystem, seen here from space with green indicating blooms of photosynthesizing plankton. Warmer currents during the ice age may also have supported early human settlements. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio

Warming Of North Pacific Helped First Human Migration From Asia To North America

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New research reveals significant changes to the circulation of the North Pacific and its impact on the initial migration of humans from Asia to North America. The new international study led by the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews provides a new picture of the circulation and […]