Publisher Summary This chapter reviews that the Late Wisconsinan North American ice
sheet complex consisted of three major ice sheets:(1) the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which was …

Glacial cycles have played a dominant role in sha** the genetic structure and distribution
of biota in northwestern North America. The two major ice age refugia of Beringia and the …

Recent developments in the study of early man have turned away from analysing fossil
remains as evidence of a single and inevitable process of evolution towards homo sapiens …

Molecular studies of plants from the Pacific Northwest of North America suggest a recurrent
pattern of genetic differentiation and geographic structuring. In each of five angiosperms and …

In marine environments, many species have apparently colonized high latitude regions
following the last glacial maximum (LGM) yet lack a life‐history stage, such as a free‐living …

This book shows that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which
humans interacted with their environment in a nested series of spatial and temporal scales …

Unlike the North Atlantic, the North Pacific Ocean probably remained free of sea ice during
the last glacial maximum (LGM), 22,000 to 17,000 BP. Following a eustatic low in sea level …

▪ Abstract We examine the genetics of marine diversification along the West Coast of North
America in relation to the Late Neogene geology and climate of the region. Trophically …

Population genetic theory predicts that marine animal species with planktonic larvae will
have less genetic structure than those with direct development. We compared the genetic …

Although the long held normative view of New World colonization relies on entrance through
an interior ice-free corridor by terrestrially adapted big-game hunters, a recently …