Ancient 'lost world' could rewrite history for how first Americans arrived 13,000 years ago
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A 13,000-year-old "lost world" ecosystem along the kelp highway may rewrite how the first Americans actually reached the continent.
Kelp Highway HypothesisMigration TheoryEcological Corridor TheoryCoastal Migration Model
Theory Briefing
- The Arlington Man's remains support the idea that early Americans traveled a coastal kelp highway, not just an inland ice-free corridor.
- The kelp highway theory gains weight from a shared ecosystem — the same animals and plants running the entire coastal route.
- This ancient 'lost world' ecosystem, now submerged, suggests a viable migration path that history has largely overlooked for 13,000 years.