How did the bison survive the Ice Age and come to populate the Great Plains in such great numbers?
The ice age period realized much of the Earth’s water freezing into glaciers, lowering sea level while at the same time leaving dry land in places once known to have shallow channels that separated land masses. In order to survive this period the bison traversed the plains of North America in search of safer grounds. In addition to this, the bison’s reproduction at rate that was considerably high served to guarantee its survival even in the face of difficult times in which many other animals died. Which of the bison kill sites presented in your reading ...
