I'm just wondering because it would have been really something to live your whole life during an ice age. Or did they just keep going to warmer climates? Didn't homo sapiens evolve during the ice age? That would have been many lifetimes. How long was the longest ice age? Sorry, I have so many questions but you may know what I mean.
2006-08-20 18:16:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No even close. It took many tries to go farther south. No one knew that the south was warmer. It was simply trail and error after many generations.
2006-08-20 18:20:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as North America was settled by people crossing the Bering Strait land bridge, perhaps in two different ice ages, (it becomes a land bridge when the sea level drops because a lot of water is tied up as ice) then I am sure that people lived in cold climates throughout. Inuit peoples do that even to this day, as do Laplanders.
The migration down into Central and South America took many generations. These are hunter gatherer types, maybe with some primitive agriculture. As long as they could make a living someplace, they would hang. It isn't like some people on the cost of the Kamchatka peninsula think "hey, lets cross this land bridge and settle North America! Central America should be a lot warmer!"
I am sure I read someplace it took generations. Here is Wiki article on the Bering Land Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Land_Bridge
and another on "Models of Migration to the New World" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models_of_migration_to_the_New_World
That latter says the two phases of migration is still hotly debated. Heck, what do I know? I am just a layperson.
2006-08-20 18:46:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hannabal's an idiot,sapiens migrated to europe and asia when it was warmer before the onset of AN ice age,and they adapted to the climate,there have been several ice ages since the appearance of homo sapiens,including the "mini ice age"from the 14th to the 19th century.by the way you're hot
2006-08-20 18:25:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to many questions for this cave man...the last ice age was about 7500 years long and finished 1500 years ago..
They travelled they adapted: pockets of paleolithic men stayed for generations in the same place (there is a very famous dwelling in France that demonstrates this)..however they migrated with the animals as part of their culture...
Evolutionary studies indicate that homo sapiens have not evolved at all in the last 60000 years, so no there was no evolution during the ice age...but the scientists think that there is a possibility that skin tones and hair colourings (as these evolve on a simpler level than full body evolution) may have been affected...white skin, blonde hair etc..
However, their evolution was societal: re-inforcing our need to hunt in packs, to stay as communities, looking ater children meant relying on others to hunt for food....
Does that make sence?
2006-08-20 23:11:12 · answer #4 · answered by Ichi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could melt the Ice Age!
2006-08-20 18:21:31 · answer #5 · answered by pickle head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take a while to answer those questions.. but I agree with the previous poster.. it probably took a long while... and some generations..
You can save yourself time by browsing through these links maybe
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age
2006-08-20 18:24:02 · answer #6 · answered by Neil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think the ice covered every part just most
2006-08-20 18:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by skippy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2pts
2006-08-20 18:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by Nick A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋