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Late Pleistocene climate drivers of early human migration

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  • Axel Timmermann

    (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    University of Hawaii at Manoa)

  • Tobias Friedrich

    (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Abstract

The dispersal of Homo sapiens across the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant during the last glacial period was not a single event, but occurred in four astronomically-paced migration waves.

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  • Axel Timmermann & Tobias Friedrich, 2016. "Late Pleistocene climate drivers of early human migration," Nature, Nature, vol. 538(7623), pages 92-95, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:538:y:2016:i:7623:d:10.1038_nature19365
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19365
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    2. Guangliang Hou & Weimiao Dong & Linhai Cai & Qingbo Wang & Menghan Qiu, 2021. "The History and Driving Force for Prehistoric Human Expansion Upward to the Hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau Post–Last Glacial Maximum," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-18, June.
    3. Alex Mesoudi, 2018. "Migration, acculturation, and the maintenance of between-group cultural variation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-23, October.
    4. Richard Walker & Anders Eriksson & Camille Ruiz & Taylor Howard Newton & Francesco Casalegno, 2021. "Stabilization of cultural innovations depends on population density: Testing an epidemiological model of cultural evolution against a global dataset of rock art sites and climate-based estimates of an," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-18, March.
    5. Xiaoqi Guo & Xuefeng Sun & Huayu Lu & Shejiang Wang & Chengqiu Lu, 2023. "Early Hominin Dispersal across the Qinling Mountains, China, during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-17, October.
    6. Frédérik Saltré & Joël Chadœuf & Thomas Higham & Monty Ochocki & Sebastián Block & Ellyse Bunney & Bastien Llamas & Corey J. A. Bradshaw, 2024. "Environmental conditions associated with initial northern expansion of anatomically modern humans," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    7. Zhongxuan Li & Wenhao Li, 2022. "Repeated Palaeofloods of 8.2–6.4 ka and Coeval Rise of Neonatal Culture in the Upper Yangtze River, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.
    8. Pilowsky, Julia A. & Manica, Andrea & Brown, Stuart & Rahbek, Carsten & Fordham, Damien A., 2022. "Simulations of human migration into North America are more sensitive to demography than choice of palaeoclimate model," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 473(C).
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