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The Last Ice Age: A Hostile World of Climate, Flora, Fauna, and Humanity
Understanding the Environment of Our Ice Age Ancestors
For decades, scientists have worked diligently to piece together the environment in which our Ice Age ancestors lived. Using a diverse toolkit—sedimentology, pollen analysis, faunal and floral studies, and dating methods—they have reconstructed a vivid picture of a world that was vastly different from today’s temperate landscapes. Their research reveals not just the climatic extremes but also how these changes shaped the land, animals, and the survival strategies of humans during the Quaternary period.