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Mongolian Theory Handout
Mongolian Theory Handout
Date:____________________
The Western World became known to man sometime during the fourth Ice Age, about 50,000 years ago.
Recorded history of the Caribbean officially began with
advent of the Europeans in the West. The theory that supports this is simple. It states that humans
came to the Caribbean from Asia.
With respect to the map in Fig. 1, it can be seen that the Bering Straits separate Asia and the Americas.
The Bering Straits stretches fifty-six miles and consists of three islands with twenty-five miles being
the maximum distance between them. In addition, the Bering Sea is only 120 ft. deep and during the
Ice Age, it was speculated that some sort of 'land bridge' was formed between the two continents.