Shifting Hypotheses: Ice-free Corridor versus Kelp Highway If you, like me, learned your prehistory of the North and South American continents some decades ago, you have heard of the ice free corridor hypothesis. In her new book Jennifer Raff skillfully synthesizes data supporting its competitor, the kelp highway. From Jeremy Desilva's NYT review (2022/02/08): "Raff beautifully integrates new data from different sciences (archaeology, genetics, linguistics) and different ways of knowing, including Indigenous oral traditions, in a masterly retelling of the story of how, and when, people reached the Americas."
If you, like me, learned your prehistory of the North and South American continents some decades ago, you have heard of the ice free corridor hypothesis. In her new book Jennifer Raff skillfully synthesizes data supporting its competitor, the kelp highway hypothesis. From Jeremy Desilva's NYT review (2022/02/08): "Raff beautifully integrates new data from different sciences (archaeology, genetics, linguistics) and different ways of knowing, including Indigenous oral traditions, in a masterly retelling of the story of how, and when, people reached the Americas."