If man originated in Africa how did he/she get to north america?

Answer 1

man...ADAM descended in SRI LANKA on what is now called ADAM'S peak

Answer 2

No one knows for sure, but there are several interesting theories. The world was not always the way it is today -- a previous session of global warming opened a corridor that crossed the Bering Sea and ran down the centre of North America. Then the Ice Age returned and that avenue of passage was blocked. Another theory is that people sailed to North America. Not intentionally, but likely accidentally at first. If you read today's newspaper, there is a story about a group of Mexican fishermen whose boat ran out of fuel and they drifted helplessly for several months at sea, bypassing Hawaii and ending up between New Guinea and the Marshall Islands, where they were finally spotted and rescued. They lived on raw fish (which provided them with enough liquid to sustain life) and birds that landed on the boat. And at the same time, a Japanese fisherman drifted into Russian waters, where the Russian soldiers shot at his boat for trespass. So ocean currents can take people on amazing voyages.
Yet a third option is that they travelled from Asia to the Pacific Ocean, followed the edge of the land mass up north, across the curve, and down the coast of North America, a route which was recently re-travelled by a kayaker.
It's quite possible that they arrived by all three routes, and there may well be others that we don't yet know about. It's a fascinating topic.

Answer 3

It is true that the Continents were together 4billion years ago. The name was "Pangea."
But that was long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
The Bering Strait during the ice age is the best answer.
Man did begin in Africa, then into the Middle East then West to Europe and East to Asia. Finally North to the Bering Strait in Kamchatka/Alaska.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Most likely via a land bridge in the Bering Strait. A new theory has developed that people could have used boats (like canoe's) because the Bering Strait was filled with plant life like the Sargasso Sea. This would allowed very calm waters and thus an easy passage from Siberia to the New World.

Answer 5

When man was migrating from Africa they first traveled to europe and asia. back then asia and north america was connected by a piece of ice over what is now called the Bering Straight.

Answer 6

Migration over thousands and thousands of years to the east and west.

Then maybe crossing the Bering strait on foot or taking boats along the Pacific Coast.

There is evidence of ******* features in some Precolumbian artifacts of the Olmecs.in Central America so they may have taken boats to get there also..

Answer 7

Through land bridges that have long since been sunk under water. The shape of the dry land on the earth has changed dramatically over millions of years, but before the cataclysms that changed it, both animals and man migrated and moved around and was trapped in different places all over the earth eventually.

Answer 8

they say he traveled up Africa to Asia to the north east point and crosses the barren straight, (ice path) to Alaska, and proceeded south to the rest of north America and further south to central and south America

Answer 9

Maybe during the course of millions of years of history, all the continents were connected. Then thru the couse of time the earth evolved into the separate land masses we know today.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

There is a theory that all the continents used to be joined in one single 'super continent' it nas been referred to as Pangaea or Gottsland.