Beringia

Japanese: Beringia
Beringia

...This refers to the land that became land during the Upper Pleistocene glacial period near the present Bering Strait. It is closely related to the route and timing of human migration to the New World, so it has attracted attention along with its paleoenvironment, and is also called Beringia. It appeared as a result of a drop in sea level caused by glacier formation, and according to current knowledge, the land bridge existed from about 50,000 years ago to about 35,000 years ago and from about 25,000 years ago to about 10,000 years ago.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Beringia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在のベーリング海峡付近に,上部洪積世の氷期に陸化していた陸地のことをいう。人類の新大陸への渡来の経路および時期と深くかかわりあうので,その古環境とともに注目されており,ベーリンジアBeringiaともいわれる。氷河形成による海水面低下により出現したもので,現在の知見によると,陸橋が存在していたのは約5万年前から約3万5000年前までの期間と,約2万5000年前から約1万年前までの期間である。…

※「Beringia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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