Which of the Following Is NOT Evidence That Supports the Bering

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT evidence that supports the Bering Land Bridge model for the peopling of the New World?

• A) the age estimates for the earliest humans in North and South America
• B) close geographic proximity of northeastern Asia and northwestern North America
• C) presence of the Beringia 'land bridge; during the late Pleistocene
• D) the documented Pleistocene migration of animals along this route
• E) the linguistic and genetic similarities of Asian and Native American populations

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