Early and middle Holocene climate and environmental change
In: Oxford Handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York. , more
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Early Holocene, sea level rise, cooling events, forest fires, hunter-gatherer-fisher adaptation |
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The Mesolithic corresponds to a period of abrupt global warming resulting in a series of profound environmental changes, such as rapid sea level rise, decreased river discharge and lake levels, increased drought and forest fires, and a radical overturn of both fauna and flora. The latter includes the rapid replacement of cold-tolerant species occurring in an open tundra environment by temperate-boreal species, adapted to the forested environment of the Early and Middle Holocene. However, global warming was repeatedly interrupted by short but abrupt cooling events, the impact of which on both ecosystems and humans remains largely unexplored. |
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