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October 11, 2006 Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Arctic Ocean May Alter Views of Human Migration
Scientists have found new evidence that the Bering Strait near Alaska
flooded into the Arctic Ocean about 11,000 years ago, about 1,000 years
earlier than widely believed, closing off the land bridge thought to be
the major route for human migration from Asia to the Americas.
Climate Group 
How the Isthmus of Panama Put Ice in the Arctic
