What was the Bering land bridge?

The Bering Land Bridge, also known as Beringia, was a land bridge that connected what is now Siberia in Russia to Alaska in the United States. This bridge existed during the Pleistocene epoch due to lower sea levels caused by the immense amount of water trapped in glaciers during the last Ice Age. This period of global cooling occurred roughly between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago. Because of the lowered sea-levels, the Bering Strait, which is now submerged beneath the water, was then dry land.

This land bridge was significant because it allowed animals and humans to migrate between Asia and North America. Large animals, such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats, roamed across it, following food sources and adapting to new environments. The first people to inhabit the Americas, ancestors of the Native Americans, are also believed to have crossed this land bridge before spreading across the continents.

The existence of this land bridge is supported by both geological evidence and the fossil record, and it is a critical component in the understanding of human migration patterns and the peopling of the Americas