Tag Archives: Human Migration

Local residents strolling along the "Avenue of the Baobab Trees" near Morondava, Madagascar.
c. 500 BCE: The Human Settlement of Madagascar

Madagascar, the fourth-largest island globally, was one of the last significant landmasses settled by humans, around 2,500 years ago. Its isolation since the breakup of Pangea fostered unique biodiversity, now threatened by human activities

Before approximately 11,000 years ago, Alaska and Siberia were connected by a landmass called "Beringia" due to lower sea levels.
c. 9000 BCE: Uncovering Beringia – The Land Bridge Between Continents

During the last glacial period, the Beringia land bridge emerged, connecting Eurasia and North America. This bridge enabled early human migrations from Eurasia to the Americas, fundamentally altering human history