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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The prehistoric region extending from western Siberia across the Bering land bridge into North America.
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The term Beringia was coined in the first part of the
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The term Beringia was coined in the first part of the
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Substantial evidence suggests that humans first crossed into North America from Asia over a land bridge called Beringia, connecting eastern Siberia and Alaska.
Spero News 2010
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Substantial evidence suggests that humans first crossed into North America from Asia over a land bridge called Beringia, connecting eastern Siberia and Alaska.
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This region, known as Beringia, supported unique organisms and was an important haven for evolution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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This region, known as Beringia, supported unique organisms and was an important haven for evolution.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Some groups of species are very likely to be at risk from climate change impacts, and the biodiversity of particular geographic areas such as Beringia are at particular risk.
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The Klondike is part of a wider geographic area dubbed 'Beringia', which includes parts of Siberia, Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The Klondike is part of a wider geographic area dubbed 'Beringia', which includes parts of Siberia, Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The North Slope was then a part of Beringia, the wide land bridge that connected North America and Siberia.
The Oil Specter That Haunted Alaska Is Now Haunting The Gulf: A Look Back At Exxon Valdez 2010
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The land region of the Bering Sea Land Bridge from the last ice age.
Beringian
January 4, 2018