Unraveling an Ice Age Mystery – New Study Reveals Surprises About Early Human Migration

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A recent study analyzed pollen data around Lake Baikal in Siberia to uncover details about early human migration across Europe and Asia 45,000-50,000 years ago. The evidence suggests that warming temperatures supported expanding forests, facilitating human migration into Siberia, and contradicting some previous archaeological perspectives. Indeed, the pollen data suggest that the dispersal of people occurred during some of the highest temperatures in the late Pleistocene, which also would have featured higher humidity. The ancient pollen record shows coniferous forests and grasslands characterized the region, able to support foraging and hunting by humans. Goebel said the environmental data, combined with archeological evidence, tell a new story.

https://scitechdaily.com/unraveling-an-ice-age-mystery-new-study-reveals-surprises-about-early-human-migration/

Climate amelioration, abrupt vegetation recovery, and the dispersal of Homo sapiens in Baikal Siberia: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi0189