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Warm oceans helped first human migration from Asia to North America

The Pacific Ocean’s currents support a diverse ecosystem, seen here from space, with green indicating blooms of photosynthesizing plankton

Warmer Pacific Ocean currents during the ice age may also have supported early human settlements.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio


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