Polar bears and expanding sea ice in the Mid Holocene Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Polar bears and expanding sea ice in the Mid Holocene Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Abstract The archaeological record offers the opportunity to infer the effects of regional climatic shifts on species distributions and human-animal interactions. In Alaska’s temperate Aleutian Islands, the archaeological record suggests that the Neoglacial climate phase (ca. 4700 − 2500 rcyr BP) wa...

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Main Authors: Lillian Draper Parker, Catherine F. West, Kaylee Hope Tatum, Michael Etnier, Brandi Bethke, Katherine Reedy, Nikkita Shellikoff, Courtney A. Hofman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
Zooarchaeology
Climate change
Alaska
Subarctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88996-0
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